Black Death

  • 1333

    Plague first appears in China

    It was the first recorded place where the plague appeared
  • 1347

    Plague breaks out in Kaffa

    By throwing infected dead bodies into the city, the black death started to infect the Mongols and never stopped until all the empire's power was gone.. The Mongols fled the city and brought the plague to Europe.
  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Beginning of Black Death in Europe

    The plague appears during a time of economic depression in Western Europe. The plague had a major impact on social and economic conditions.
  • 1349

    3,000 Jews killed in Germany

    Black Death riots lead to the death of many Jews. A massacre also took place in Nuremberg
  • 1352

    25 million people killed in Europe

  • 1356

    War between English and French

    After the Black death appeared in France, French peasants suffer the most economically
  • No litigation in London, England

    No one knew what to do because there was no way to bring order back into the society
  • Fire demolishes London

    A fire demolishes about 80% of London. Many of the disease carrying rodents and fleas died and the Black Death was gone.