Natural Disasters & Epidemics
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0165 antonine Plague in Roman Empire killing 5-10 million people
0250 Plague of Cyprian in Europe killing 1 million+ (Unknown, but at least) people
0412 (BC) epidemic in Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic)
0429 (BC) Plague of Athens in Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia killing 75,000-100,000 people
0526 antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people
0541 Plague of Justinian in Europe and West Asia killing 25-100 million; 40-50% of population of Europe people
0590 pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague
0664 Plague of 664 in British Isles
0735 Japanese smallpox epidemic in Japan killing 2 million (Approx. ?1/3 of entire Japanese population) people
0746 plague of 746-747 in Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa
1002 the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III dies of malaria January 23 at age 21 while conducting a campaign against the Romans
1200 (BC) Influenza Epidemic in Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia
1270 louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56
1331 black Death in Europe, Asia and North Africa killing 75-200 million (10-60% of European population) people
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1345 Saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"
1348 Italian poet Petrarch's beloved Laura dies of plague
1348 third wave of the Great plague hits the Old World
1348 Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague
1349 6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz
1424 jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46
1485 Sweating sickness (multiple outbreaks) in Britain (England) and later continental Europe killing 10,000+ people
1510 influenza pandemic in Asia, North Africa, Europe killing Around 1% of those infected people
1520 Smallpox Epidemic in Mexico killing 5-8 million (40% of population) people
1545 cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545-1548 in Mexico killing 5-15 million (80% of population) people
1556 Shaanxi earthquake in China killing 830,000 people
1563 London plague in London killing 20,100+ in London people
1570 a tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
1576 titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague
1576 cocoliztli epidemic of 1576 in Mexico killing 2-2.5 million (50% of population) people
1592 Measles in Seneca nation
1592 Malta plague epidemic in Malta killing 3,000 people
1592 London plague in London killing 19,900+ in London and outer parishes people
1596 Plague in Spain
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