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Date startStart date of the disease. 1398 +
Date endEnd date of the disease. +
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. Cologne
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims 30.000 absolute +
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s) Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease Religion
LanguageLanguage of the original text Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s)
last edited 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

Outbreak of plague in Cologne, in the aftermath of the local jubilee (ostensio reliquarum ?), with 30.000 victims.

Text originalOriginal text

Post iubileum in Colonia venit inmanissima pestilencia, in qua plus quam triginta milia hominum morte preventi sunt.

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

After the jubilee in Cologne, a very severe plague came, in which more than thirty thousand people died.

References

  1. ^ Chronicon Moguntinum 1885 
  2. ^ Translation by Martin Bauch; None; 

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