Historical event

Black Death

Date: 1347-1351 CE

One of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.

Tags: health, pandemic, plague, bubonic plague, yersinia pestis, europe, middle ages, disease, epidemic, black death, great pestilence, mortality, society, Medieval Europe

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