The Black Death Timeline
1346
The strain of Y. pestis appears in Mongolia and is possibly passed to humans by a tarabagan. King Janiberg and his army contract the disease after laying siege for a year.
May, 1347
The survivors of the siege in Caffa escape by sea and leave dead bodies on the streets. On ship arrived in Constantinople and gets infected, which loses 90 percent of its population.
October, 1347
A Caffan ship docks in Sicily with their crew barely alive. The plague kills half the population in Sicily and moves to Messina. When citizens flee, they spread it to Italy. The plague kills 1/3 of the population in Italy by summer.
November, 1347
Another Caffa ship brings the plague to France by docking in Marseille.
January, 1348
Another plague strain enter Europe through Genoa by another Caffan ship. The Genoans attack the ship and it leaves but the Genoans are still infected. Italy has to deal with the second strain while still facing the first. Y. pestis goes from Sicily into he Persian Empire and through Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. It also goes to Egypt and Cyprus who are also dealing with destruction from an earthquake and tidal wave at the same time. Venice orders ship inspections and burning with contagions, shutting down taverns and restricting wine from unknown sources but still sees an outbreak. The canals are filled with gondolas screaming instructions to get rid of the dead bodies. The plague kill 60 percent of the Venetian population.
April, 1348
There is an anti-Semitic rage over Europe that cause massacres of Jewish communities.
June, 1348
The Black Plague enters England in Dorset and spreads through the town. Some people escape by fleeing inland but end up spreading it further.
Summer, 1348
The first religious group of zealots appear in Germany. The plague hits Marseille, Paris and Normandy and the strain splits, moving to Tournai, Calais, and Avignon. 50 percent of the population dies. The plague also moved through Austria and Switzerland. Also in these places, anti-Semitic massacres occur after a rumor spread that Jews caused the plague by poisoning wells. In Germany and France, Jewish communities were destroyed. King Casimir III of Poland offered a safe haven to the Jews.
October, 1348
King Edward II's daughter dies and the plague reaches London. Londoners flee to the countryside for food. King Edward blamed the plague on garbage and human excrement piled up on London streets.
February, 1349
In Strasbourg on Valentine's Day, over 2,000 Jewish people were burned alive. In Spring, 3,000 Jews defend themselves against Christians but are overcome and slaughtered.
April, 1349
The plague is brought to Wales by people fleeing from Southern England and kills 100,000 people.
July, 1349
An English ship brings the plague to Norway and spreads around in Bergen. Then the plague travels to Denmark and Sweden. It kills two of the king's brothers and moves to Russia and eastern Greenland. This forces the vikings to pause their exploration of North America.
March, 1350
Scotland, who has not had the plague, plans on taking advantage of the weak England and plans to invade. Troops became infected and 5,000 people died. The soldiers bring the disease back to their families and a third of Scotland dies.
1351
The plague's spreading begins to slow. It killed between 25 to 50 million people and led to the massacre of 210 Jewish communities. Europe lost about 50 percent of its population.
1353
The Black Plague changed Europe as a society. Social and economic systems are failing.
The strain of Y. pestis appears in Mongolia and is possibly passed to humans by a tarabagan. King Janiberg and his army contract the disease after laying siege for a year.
May, 1347
The survivors of the siege in Caffa escape by sea and leave dead bodies on the streets. On ship arrived in Constantinople and gets infected, which loses 90 percent of its population.
October, 1347
A Caffan ship docks in Sicily with their crew barely alive. The plague kills half the population in Sicily and moves to Messina. When citizens flee, they spread it to Italy. The plague kills 1/3 of the population in Italy by summer.
November, 1347
Another Caffa ship brings the plague to France by docking in Marseille.
January, 1348
Another plague strain enter Europe through Genoa by another Caffan ship. The Genoans attack the ship and it leaves but the Genoans are still infected. Italy has to deal with the second strain while still facing the first. Y. pestis goes from Sicily into he Persian Empire and through Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Poland. It also goes to Egypt and Cyprus who are also dealing with destruction from an earthquake and tidal wave at the same time. Venice orders ship inspections and burning with contagions, shutting down taverns and restricting wine from unknown sources but still sees an outbreak. The canals are filled with gondolas screaming instructions to get rid of the dead bodies. The plague kill 60 percent of the Venetian population.
April, 1348
There is an anti-Semitic rage over Europe that cause massacres of Jewish communities.
June, 1348
The Black Plague enters England in Dorset and spreads through the town. Some people escape by fleeing inland but end up spreading it further.
Summer, 1348
The first religious group of zealots appear in Germany. The plague hits Marseille, Paris and Normandy and the strain splits, moving to Tournai, Calais, and Avignon. 50 percent of the population dies. The plague also moved through Austria and Switzerland. Also in these places, anti-Semitic massacres occur after a rumor spread that Jews caused the plague by poisoning wells. In Germany and France, Jewish communities were destroyed. King Casimir III of Poland offered a safe haven to the Jews.
October, 1348
King Edward II's daughter dies and the plague reaches London. Londoners flee to the countryside for food. King Edward blamed the plague on garbage and human excrement piled up on London streets.
February, 1349
In Strasbourg on Valentine's Day, over 2,000 Jewish people were burned alive. In Spring, 3,000 Jews defend themselves against Christians but are overcome and slaughtered.
April, 1349
The plague is brought to Wales by people fleeing from Southern England and kills 100,000 people.
July, 1349
An English ship brings the plague to Norway and spreads around in Bergen. Then the plague travels to Denmark and Sweden. It kills two of the king's brothers and moves to Russia and eastern Greenland. This forces the vikings to pause their exploration of North America.
March, 1350
Scotland, who has not had the plague, plans on taking advantage of the weak England and plans to invade. Troops became infected and 5,000 people died. The soldiers bring the disease back to their families and a third of Scotland dies.
1351
The plague's spreading begins to slow. It killed between 25 to 50 million people and led to the massacre of 210 Jewish communities. Europe lost about 50 percent of its population.
1353
The Black Plague changed Europe as a society. Social and economic systems are failing.
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