The Black Death By djlanyangyang Period: 1331 to 1334 Plague outbreak in Southwestern China spreads through Asia to the Mediterranean 1347 Black plague reaches Italy 1348 Plague reaches Marseille, France and London, England 1349 Plague reaches Scotland, Wales and Ireland 1350 Uncharted Eastern Europe affected by plague 1351 25 million people's lives are taken away Period: 1361 to 1375 wages rise dramatically with the need for labor 1381 The British government attempts to make adjustments 1400 The population of England is about half what it had been 100 years earlier