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Feb 5, 1340
The bubonic plague begins its rampage
The longest and still-running disease begins it's deadly rampage around this year. It begins in the east, possibly in a desert, but spreads from one thing to another on trade routes. -
Period: Feb 5, 1340 to
The Black Plague in History
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Feb 8, 1346
The Bubonic plague is spread throughout Europe by entering ships bearing rats
The black death continues its initial rampage for 12 years straight. Anyone who died from the diease were thrown onto a cart and hauled off into plague pits, not unlike mass graves for disease-ridden corpses. Many people did not know what to do, as the symptoms were not the same as in the east. People panicked, and grew suspicious. Approximately two thirds of the entire world population died. -
Feb 8, 1450
Spread through the years.
This is an approximate timeline of the years in which the Black Death spread, placed here to help you without clutter.
In this time, people whom were not affected had more of a unsympathetic attitude towards those who were, avoiding anyone and anything relating to them. -
Feb 5, 1568
Queen Elizabeth 1 becomes queen of england
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Feb 5, 1576
Future King James 1 is born in Scotland
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Bubonic plague closes theaters for two years
Due to the outbreaks of Bubomic plague combining with the cramped enclosure, disease spread like wild fire in these theaters. Aside from being a public health hazard, most people who went to the theater as its main revenue were literally dropping dead. It was just too risky. -
Shakespeare Joins Lord Chamberlain's Men
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First recorded performance of Macbeth is given at Court
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Shakespeare retires to stratford
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Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway dies
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Plague begins to subside
Though it is still around, the bubonic plague dies down in its number of victims, with a final body count of over 75 million people worldwide.
