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Jan 1, 1346
The first bacteriological warfare
The first bacteriological warfare: Mongolia forces threw corpses that were infected by plague into Caffa city. Plague appeared in Black Sea Region, and spreaded to southwest to Mediterranean Region.
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Jan 1, 1348
The outbreak of Plague in Europe
Plague, the serious disease started to spread in Europe, it was brought by trade caravan from China and was carried by rats. It traveled to Germany and Scandinavia and appeared in Spain.
90000 people died in Germany, 500-700 people died in vienna per day.
The disease caused tumor and made people's skin turn black by causing subcutaneous haemorrhage.
(Image from Wikipedia: An inguinal bubo on the upper thigh of a person infected with bubonic plague. ) -
Jan 1, 1349
Plague continued to spread to northern part
Plague spreaded to England and Ireland and was introduced to Norway by ship that arrived there. -
Jan 1, 1351
Plague continued migration
Plague appeared in Sween and Northwestern Russia. -
Oct 1, 1351
Good news
The speed of the transmission of Plague started to become slower.
The number of rats became less, and the virus did not act violently in winter. -
Jan 1, 1352
Serious result caused by Plague so far
1348-1352, Plague killed one third of population, about 2.5 million people in Europe.
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Jan 1, 1352
Important people died of Plague
The Grand Duchy of Moscow and the bishop of the Orthodox Easter Church died in Moscow. -
Jan 1, 1352
After the outbreak of Plague
Plague continued to kill people, 70 percent of European died because of it. -
Jan 1, 1354
It is not the end
People have the last record of extensive outbreak of Plague in Europe in 1354, but we can still see some small-scale action of Plague virus in other places after that.
Further outbreaks still occured. The Second Pandemic was particularly widespread in the following years: 1360–63; 1374; 1400; 1438–39; 1456–57; 1464–66; 1481–85; 1500–03; 1518–31; 1544–48; 1563–66; 1573–88; 1596–99; 1602–11; 1623–40; 1644–54; and 1664–67. (Data from Wikipedia.) -
Italian plague
1629-1631, northern and central Italy was retreated by the infection from Germany and France. The major outbreak was in March, 1630, and there was another wave in summer of 1631.
(Image from Wikipedia:Melchiorre Gherardini, Piazza S. Babila, Milan, during the plague of 1630: plague carts carry the dead for burial.) -
Great Plague of Seville
Great Plague of Seville in 1647-1652, which was brought by arriving ships, occured in Seville, Spain, killed a quarter of population in Seville. -
Great Plague of London
Although the Plague was almost gone in 1350, it never left England. The reoccurance happened in 1664-1666, killed 15%, about 100,000 people in London.
(Image from Wikipedia: Great Plague of London, people are collecting the corpses in order to bury them.)
