Black Plague
Timeline-
1346- The strain of Y. pestis emerges in Mongolia
1347- Both sides in the siege are decimated and survivors in Caffa escape by sea, leaving behind streets covered with corpses being fed on by feral animals.
1347- Another Caffan ship docks in Sicily, the crew barely alive. Here the plague kills half the population and moves to Messina.
1347- The plague arrives in France, brought by another of the Caffa ships docking in Marseille.
1348- A different plague strain enters Europe through Genoa, brought by another Caffan ship that docks there.
1348- The plague awakes an anti-Semitic rage around Europe, causing repeated massacres of Jewish communities.
1348-The plague enters England
1348- The plague hits Marseille, Paris, and Normandy, and then the strain splits, with one strain moving onto the now-Belgian city of Tournai to the east and the other passing through Calais. and Avignon, where 50 percent of the population dies.
1348- Following the infection and death of King Edward III’s daughter Princess Joan, the plague reaches London
1349- One of the worst massacres of Jews during the Black Death takes place in Strasbourg, with 2,000 Jewish people burned alive.
1349- The plague hits Wales
1349- An English ship brings the Black Death to Norway when it runs aground in Bergen.
1350- Scotland, having so far avoided the plague, hopes to take advantage of English weakness by amassing an army and planning an invasion.
1351- The plague’s spread significantly begins to peter out.
1353- With the Black Death considered safely behind them, the people of Europe face a changing society. The combination of the massive death rate and the number of survivors fleeing their homes sends entrenched social and economic systems spiraling.
Describe how the plague got to and spread throughout Europe.- The disease, caused by a bacillus bacteria and carried by fleas on rodents such as rats. They originated in central Asia and was taken from there to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders. The plague entered Europe via Italy, carried by rats on Genoese trading ships sailing from the Black Sea. When 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus. The disease was also terrifyingly efficient. People who were perfectly healthy when they went to bed at night could be dead by morning.
1346- The strain of Y. pestis emerges in Mongolia
1347- Both sides in the siege are decimated and survivors in Caffa escape by sea, leaving behind streets covered with corpses being fed on by feral animals.
1347- Another Caffan ship docks in Sicily, the crew barely alive. Here the plague kills half the population and moves to Messina.
1347- The plague arrives in France, brought by another of the Caffa ships docking in Marseille.
1348- A different plague strain enters Europe through Genoa, brought by another Caffan ship that docks there.
1348- The plague awakes an anti-Semitic rage around Europe, causing repeated massacres of Jewish communities.
1348-The plague enters England
1348- The plague hits Marseille, Paris, and Normandy, and then the strain splits, with one strain moving onto the now-Belgian city of Tournai to the east and the other passing through Calais. and Avignon, where 50 percent of the population dies.
1348- Following the infection and death of King Edward III’s daughter Princess Joan, the plague reaches London
1349- One of the worst massacres of Jews during the Black Death takes place in Strasbourg, with 2,000 Jewish people burned alive.
1349- The plague hits Wales
1349- An English ship brings the Black Death to Norway when it runs aground in Bergen.
1350- Scotland, having so far avoided the plague, hopes to take advantage of English weakness by amassing an army and planning an invasion.
1351- The plague’s spread significantly begins to peter out.
1353- With the Black Death considered safely behind them, the people of Europe face a changing society. The combination of the massive death rate and the number of survivors fleeing their homes sends entrenched social and economic systems spiraling.
Describe how the plague got to and spread throughout Europe.- The disease, caused by a bacillus bacteria and carried by fleas on rodents such as rats. They originated in central Asia and was taken from there to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders. The plague entered Europe via Italy, carried by rats on Genoese trading ships sailing from the Black Sea. When 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina. People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus. The disease was also terrifyingly efficient. People who were perfectly healthy when they went to bed at night could be dead by morning.
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