The Black Death

By Rose123451
  • 1347

    December 1347

    The plague apparently arrived in Europe by Genoese merchant ships either from the Middle East or the Crimea, especially from Caffa, which disembarked at Messina in Sicily in October 1347
  • 1348

    June 1348

    From Messina, the plague spread across Sicily and then moved northward following routes of trade. Florence, Genoa and Pisa with populations before the plague nearly 100,000 suffered losses of 50 to 60%
  • 1348

    December 1348

    By the end of 1348, the Plague had crossed the alps through the trade routes and was infecting the German states and spreading over to England, where 1/3 of the population would die.
  • 1349

    June 1349

    Among those shouldering the blame for the catastrophe, the Jews who were the object of pogroms, especially in Germany. One of the worst was at Strasbourg in 1349.
  • 1349

    December 1349

    By the end of 1349 the Plague was in northern Germany
  • 1350

    June 1350

    The Plague entered the Baltic region by the middle of 1350.
  • 1350

    December 1350

    The Plague had run its course as it entered the cold climate of the northern Baltic region.
  • 1351

    Areas Spared

    Areas that lay outside the major trade routes such as Bohema, appear to have been virtually unaffected. Overall, assessments of those who died range from a quarter to half the population of Europe. This would place the loss at between 19 to 38 million people.