[MtnClimber]

Krakatoa was the largest volcanic explosion in recorded history (last 200 years or so).

[PIF]

No. It was the Mt Tambora eruption of 1815 (VEI of 7), killed 92,000 odd. The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 was 10X smaller (VEI of 6), killed 36,000 odd. See here: List of large volcanic eruptions of the 19th century