When did the Maunder Minimum occur?

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Line graph showing estimated temperature variations from 1000 to 2000 CE for the Northern Hemisphere and central England, with three lines representing different data sources. The chart highlights the medieval warm period around 1100-1300 and the Little Ice Age from about 1500 to 1850, followed by a sharp temperature rise in the late 20th century. Temperature is shown as deviations from the 1961-1990 average. — Little Ice Age Estimates of temperature variations for the Northern Hemisphere and central England from 1000 to 2000 ce.

The Maunder minimum occurred between 1645 and 1715.1

This period of significantly reduced sunspot activity coincided with the coldest phase of the Little Ice Age, a climate interval that lasted from approximately 1500 to 1850. While the Maunder minimum is associated with this cooling, the specific physical mechanism linking solar activity to Earth's climate remains a subject of scientific study.1