The Black Death

By silkroad
  • Apr 12, 1333

    The Plague breaks out in China, killing five million

  • Apr 12, 1346

    Merchants go to Sicily and they spread the disease even more

    Rat fleas carried over by trade ships were the main cause
  • Apr 12, 1347

    The plague spreads to Cyprus and into Italy, Venice, and Egypt

  • Apr 12, 1348

    The plague reaches Paris and England

    Persecution of the Jews start
  • Apr 12, 1349

    Thousands of Jews burned to death

  • Apr 12, 1351

    Plague reaches Russia

  • Apr 12, 1353

    35 million deaths from the plague in China

  • Apr 12, 1355

    60% of Europe's population dead

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