Black Plague Time Line By amaryllisbooday 540 An outbreak of the Plague occurs An outbreak of the Plague occurs at Pelusim Eygpt 542 Plague reaches Constantiople Jan 1, 1347 It reaches Alexandria, Cyprus, and Sicily Jan 1, 1347 plague reaches Italy Jan 1, 1348 Plague Reaches France and Germany Jan 1, 1349 Giovanni Boccaccio finishes writting the Decameron, Narrative that opens with a discription of the 1348 outbreak May 1, 1349 Reaches Norway Jan 1, 1665 The Great Plague of London begins, with 43 people dying Jan 1, 1666 The Great Fire of London destroys most rats and fleas infected with the Plague Jan 1, 1889 The Third Pandemic finally comes to an end Jan 1, 1994 5,000 causes of Pneumonic Plague occur in Surat, India Jan 1, 2005 3 mice infected with the Plague disapper from a laboratory in New Jersey