1380-03-25-Frankfurt
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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1380-03-25 Saturday | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | 1380-05-13 Saturday | + |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Frankfurt | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | Chicken, Eggs, Zoonotic | |
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | ||
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Latin | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | ||
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
Outbreak of an zoonotic in chicken, so the electors in Frankfurt had no eggs and chicken to eat.
Text originalOriginal text
In illibus diebus inter festa pasche et pentecostes (1380) convenerunt Franckfordie Wentzelaus rex et principes electores [...] Eo tempore fuit in tota illa regione pestilencia mortalitatis gallinarum, ita quod principes Franckenfordie commorantes non commedebant de gallinis et raro de ovis, que omnino erant exosa, que semper antea fuerunt grata pro esu; eciam infimi et ignobiles spernebant esum gallinarum.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
In those days between Easter and Pentecost (1380), King Wenceslaus and the elector princes gathered in Frankfurt ... At that time, there was throughout that region a pestilence among chickens, so much so that the princes residing in Frankfurt did not eat chicken and rarely ate eggs, which were entirely loathed, though they had always been cherished for consumption; even the lowly and ignoble scorned the consumption of chickens.
