Europes Timeline Encountering the Bubonic Plague

By NHDBearCreek
  • Period: Jan 1, 1333 to Dec 31, 1333

    Black Death in Central China

    ...took up to 90% of the popultion. About 5 million Chinese people were hit by this plague.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1347 to Dec 31, 1347

    Black Death Arrives in Europe

    Appeared in Europe during October 1347 in Messina, Sicily.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1348 to Dec 31, 1348

    Plague Arrives in England.

    Black Death spread to England in 1348...this was just the beginning stage of the plague.
  • Sep 2, 1348

    Daughter of King Edward the 3rd Died of the Plague

  • Nov 1, 1348

    Plague Reaches London

    The hygiene in London was poor and the living conditions were unbelievably dirty...leading to a quick spread of disease.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1349 to Dec 31, 1349

    King Edward the 3rd Orders the Streets to be Cleaned of Dead Bodies

    He complained that the streets...were "foul with human faces"...some people without the plague took cares of the ones with the plague.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1349 to Dec 31, 1349

    3,000 Jews Killed in Germany

  • Feb 2, 1349

    200 People Buried Everyday

    They were buried at Smithfield graveyard, people died so quickly the graveyeard was neatly piled 5 deep.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1351 to Dec 31, 1351

    The Plague Reaches Moscow. The Whole Continent is Now Infected