The Black Death was a plague pandemic that devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352. The Black Death killed an estimated 25-30 million people. The disease originated in central Asia and was taken to the Crimea by Mongol warriors and traders. The plague then entered Europe via Italy, perhaps carried by rats or human parasites via Genoese trading ships sailing from the Black Sea.
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1347 - 1352The Black Death plague sweeps across Europe.
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1543The German Renaissance painter Hans Holbein the Younger dies of the Black Death plague in London.
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1592A wave of Black Death plague closes all theatres in London for one year.
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Jun 1665A new wave of the Black Death plague creates great loss of life in England.
