Black death By miguel_gallon 1330 Rodents running from natural disasters got into villages and towns spreading the disease 1338 The black death starts to spread in Asia Feb 1, 1345 trade routes spread the disease Mar 1, 1345 The disease traveled from Asia to Sarai and Astrkhan Jul 1, 1345 Europeans tried to escape by sea but only spread the disease even more 1346 Plague broke out in Constantinople 1346 The black death killed a crew of 332 men in a ship going to Alexandria 1347 The epidemic reached Genoa 1347 the Genoese tried to destroy the disease but failed in the process 1348 Sea ports and boats got infected and spread the disease across the world 1348 It spread to Cyprus, Aleppo, Damascus, and Jerusalem Jun 1, 1348 The epidemic got to Paris Jul 1, 1348 The black death spread to Germany, Poland, and Hungary 1349 The disease got to England Jan 1, 1349 Winter didn't stop the illness, as the weather was still mild and wet Dec 1, 1349 People wrote wills 30% the normal annual rate 1350 The black death got to Scotland and Scandinavia 1350 King of Spain died 1351 The disease sprad to Greenland 1353 The plague got to Moscow 1353 The Patriarch and the grand duke of Kaffa died of plague Dec 1, 1353 The disease ended in Kaffa where it all started 1354 A third of western Europe initial population was dead because of the plague