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The Middle Ages in Europe

  • 1230

    Plague outbreak for the first time

    Plague outbreak for the first time
    An outbreak of plague is mentioned, but the chroniclers do not mention more.
  • 1346

    First rustic biological weapon

    First rustic biological weapon
    In the siege of the Mongols to the colony of Kaffa (Crimea), one of the first uses of battery weapons is given, throwing plague-infected corpses into catapults into the interior of the walled city.
  • 1347

    European Nightmare

    European Nightmare
    The ugly ones who managed to escape by boat, took the epidemic to Genoa, causing its spread throughout Italy and directly throughout Europe.
  • 1347

    The rodent infection

    The rodent infection
    Rodents carry and spread the Black Death, spread it through their fleas.
  • 1347

    The effects

    The effects
    The effects of the disease are known: Headache, muscle pain, constant inflammation, discomfort, fever and seizures
  • 1348

    The real cause

    The real cause
    For the first time, it ceases to believe in mere super-sitiations and supposed geological and spiritual motives of the cause of the disease. Bacterologists Kisato and Yersin discover the origin of the bacterial "yersina pestis"
  • 1353

    The alleged consummation

    The alleged consummation
    Worldwide, the alleged end of the Black Death occurs. However, it was a verdict very far from reality.
  • 1356

    La cifra escalofriante

    La cifra escalofriante
    The death of more than 200 million people due to the disease is confirmed
  • The almost total disappearance

    The almost total disappearance
    The plague disappears in most of Europe although isolated outbreaks continue to take place in the second half of the 19th century.
  • The end of the tragedy

    The end of the tragedy
    Finally, any indication of the presence of bubonic plague is dissolved on June 30, 1930.