Black Death Timeline

  • Sep 13, 1336

    What is the Black Plague?

    History The Black Death was an bubonic plague outbreak in the 14th century that devastated Europe and killed millions of people.
  • Oct 1, 1337

    The plague never settles down until 1600.

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  • Oct 1, 1337

    Black Plague Appears in Sicily that infected a trade ship. The traders had a fever and black boils that spewed blood.

    History symptoms of the black plague includes a fever, and black boils that spew blood and puss.
  • Period: Oct 1, 1337 to Dec 31, 1342

    Black Death Kills 20 million people. Eventually 1/3 of population

  • Period: Jan 1, 1340 to Dec 31, 1340

    Black Death Appears in Asia and Middle East

  • Jan 1, 1348

    Black Plague reaches France and England

  • Jan 1, 1348

    King Edward III daughter, Joan Plantagenet, dies of the plague

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  • Period: Jan 1, 1348 to Jan 1, 1349

    3,000 Jews Massacred

  • Oct 1, 1348

    Winchestor hit

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  • Apr 1, 1349

    Plague spread to Wales

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  • Jul 1, 1349

    Plague enters Ireland

  • Sep 13, 1349

    William of Ockham death

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  • May 1, 1350

    Scotland plague outbreak

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  • Sep 13, 1350

    30-40% of England population dies from plague