@ambivalena Oh no, it just happened that the Carrington sunspot in 1859 was of similar size and at nearly at the same latitude on the sun's surface as the sunspot last week. Sorry I wasn't clearer about that. I haven't seen anything official, and apparently last week's event hasn't been named yet, but I did see it suggested that last weekend's aurora were the strongest in 500 years! Also, that next year will mark the solar maximum in this cycle.