Black death

The Bubonic Plague

By Krystal.Lamb
  • Sep 10, 1331

    Widespread epidemic disease in China

    Some consider this to have been the start of the plague
  • Sep 10, 1335

    Europe-Wide Famine

    Due to failing harvests, excessive rainfall combined with cattle and sheep diseases, famine falls upon Europe
  • Mongol troops on the Black Sea rea infected wtih plague
    Sep 10, 1346

    Mongol troops on the Black Sea rea infected wtih plague

    "The Merchant's Handbook" by an Italian author reports that the road from China to the Black Sea is safe to travel by day and night increasing travel via the Black Sea. Mongol troops are infected and begin to use the Black Sea for travel.
  • Sep 10, 1347

    Outbreak of the Black Death

    In Constantinople, Sicily, Genoa and Alexandria
  • Sep 10, 1348

    The Black Death reaches Europe

    Reaches France, England, Tunisia and Mecca. The Jews are blamed for the plague and the Pope issues official statements declaring their innocence.
  • Sep 10, 1349

    Black Death reaches Scandinavia

  • Black Death reaches Moscow
    Sep 10, 1351

    Black Death reaches Moscow

  • Boccaccio writes about the Black Death
    Sep 10, 1353

    Boccaccio writes about the Black Death

    Italian humanist Boccaccio's book, The Decameron, describes the Black Death in Florence.
  • Sep 10, 1361

    Europe-wide recurrence of plague

    Mortality especially high amoung children. There are local, regional, and sometimes wider recurrences of the plague every 5-12 years or so.
  • Quarantine imposed by the Venetian Republic
    Sep 10, 1374

    Quarantine imposed by the Venetian Republic

    For ships found infected with the plague
  • Sep 10, 1382

    Europe-wide recurrence of plague

  • Major pogrom in Spain, again scapegoating the Jews for new outbreak of plague
    Sep 10, 1391

    Major pogrom in Spain, again scapegoating the Jews for new outbreak of plague

    In 1391 violent pogroms broke out all over Spain where there were Jewish communities. Thousands of Jews were murdered; Jewish women and children were sold as slaves to Muslims, most synagogues and many homes and businesses were burnt to the ground.