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1237-00-00-Saint-Denis + (In this year ([[1237]]) was a great mortality among brothers of the church of Saint-Denis affecting 44 [[monks]].)
1472-12-00-Metz + (In this year ([[1472]]), the [[winter]] has been very wet and with almost no [[frost]]. And few people died of the pest and of [[fever]].)
1529-09-00-Erfurt + (In this year ([[1529]] … In this year ([[1529]]), there was a very humid summer, followed by a fierce pestilence arising from the mists, which had never before been seen in Germany. It was called the sweating sickness or English disease, as follows. Arising from deserved sin and justifiable anger of God, there arose an unprecedented, new, terrifying plague and sickness, which is called the English sickness and disease, in which many thousands of people died. Those afflicted with this plague lay for about 24 hours, some less, some more, and those who died did so during that time. Whoever survived beyond 24 hours generally recovered; the sickness pressed people into a deep sleep. If they were not prevented from falling asleep, by shaking, turning them over, etc., so that they did not fall into a slumber, they died. Therefore, those who wanted to recover had to be prevented from sleeping at all costs.o be prevented from sleeping at all costs.)
1577-00-00-Thuringia + (In this year ([[1577]]), there was a great dying from the pestilence in many places, especially in Eisenach and in several villages near Erfurt, where it caused quite a stir.)
1578-00-00-Erfurt + (In this year ([[1578]]), the pestilence also raged fairly strongly here in Erfurt, and around 2500 people died in Erfurt.)
1578-00-00-Jena + (In this year ([[1578]]), the university of Jena had to be temporarily transferred to Saalfeld due to a pestilential dying.)
1583-00-00-Erfurt + (In this year ([[1583]] … In this year ([[1583]]), the pestilence raged very fiercely in many places and lands, particularly in Prague, where around 20,000 people died in the city. Likewise, in Magdeburg, Goslar, and Arnstadt, nearly 2000 died, and in Königsee, around 1000. Similarly, here in Erfurt, 1767 people died, although not all from the pestilence.ied, although not all from the pestilence.)
1258-00-00-Bilbeis + (In this year (i.e. [[1258]] … In this year (i.e. [[1258]]), plague struck across Syria, the regions of Egypt, and the like […] A fever and cough occurred in Bilbeis such that not one person was spared from it, yet there was none of that in Cairo. Then after a day or two, something similar happened in Cairo. I was stationed in Giza at that time. I rode to Cairo and found that this condition was spreading across the people of Cairo, except a few. across the people of Cairo, except a few.)
1347-00-00-Bologna 006 + (In this year 1347 there was in Bologna a great mortality and many good men died in Bologna, among whom these two died [...] and many others died as a result of this death, but those named were the principal ones of Bologna .)
1361-00-00-Bohemia + (In this year [...] many thousand people died because of famine and others because of a plague which ruled until then.)
1323-08-00-Firenze + (In this year [[1323]] … In this year [[1323]], at the end of August and in early September, there was a Western wind. Because of this, most people in Florence, women and men alike, fell ill with a cold and some days of fever and headaches. And this disease was everywhere in Italy, but few people died of it. But in France, many more died.died of it. But in France, many more died.)
1464-00-00-Prussia + (In this year a plague raged in a peculiar way in Gdansk and there were 5000 humans burried before the feast of St Michael near [the church of] St Gertud, but 800 [humans] from St Michael until the feast of the saints Simon and Judas.)
1348-00-00-Bohemia 002 + (In this year arrived in Bohemia thos perve … In this year arrived in Bohemia thos perverted men from Germany which flagelliated themselves and each other under the eyes of the people. The layman confessed his sins to the laymend and received the penance and they preach to the folk and many simple people were tricked. folk and many simple people were tricked.)
1369-08-00-Bohemia + (In this year at the 20th day of the month … In this year at the 20th day of the month of August, Lady Elizabeth, empress of the Romans, who in this year, as said above, had been crowned in Rome by the hands of the [[pope]], returned to Prague and was received with all solemnity by the clergy and the people in the city and in the church of Prague. The emperor, however, because there was a pestilence in Bohemia, had returned to Lombardy afterwards. [...] In the same year, as mentioned above, by God's permission due to the sins of the people, there was a great pestilence in Bohemia, especially in that region towards Austria, and it lasted for a whole year. And when it approached Prague and began to intensify there, processions and fasts were instituted, and the Lord God, patient and very merciful, was appeased, and the pestilence ceased immediately.ed, and the pestilence ceased immediately.)
1328-03-00-Bohemia + (In this year at the full moon of the month … In this year at the full moon of the month of March the moon darkend and the eclipse remained in force for four weeks. After this eclipse in the month of April many humans died and in many parts of the world a plague among the domestic animals showed itself and raged heavily. Then, queen Elizabeth, shaken by the fear of [[punishment]], ordered processions with the relics of the saints and all the clerics and the inhabitants of Prague to be performed.the inhabitants of Prague to be performed.)
1330-00-00-Saxony + (In this year died Władysław, son of [[Władysław I Łokietek]] and he was buried among the brothers Minor. But his father went to Saxony in a year of pestilence.)
1347-00-00-Bologna + (In this year it was the greatest store tha … In this year it was the greatest store that any man has ever recorded; and in the month of January he collected fodder at 40 lire, and in the month of March he collected it at 3 lire, and in the month of April he collected it at 3 lire, and stayed like that until the end of the year. And he found a very good harvest of fodder, so that on the feast of Saint Peter he called for fodder on the second Saturday at 20 lire per crown, and it was worth 3 Florins per crown in Florentine, and it was hard to get enough for the money, and many people went to the market where the fodder was sold. And there was general famine and starvation throughout Christendom. The peasants came to the city, and because of hunger, they went out into the countryside: there was great mortality. And one Sunday many families of the poor came to the great guiexia [S. 564] to have lemosina, since they were continually giving them money on Sundays; among the poor you could see many young men and women dying of hunger in the arms of their mothers, and a great froth came to their mouths; and this I saw in Santo Jacomo of the Romitani friars, which was a great pity to see.ani friars, which was a great pity to see.)
1361-05-00-Montpellier + (In this year occured a great epidemic all across Christianhood. In Montpellier, it lasted from May to July, and many rich and poor people died, so that in some days 500 people died altogether.)
1395-00-00-Silesia + (In this year the first pestilence among the brother extinguished, among others, Master Petrus de Legenicz, the provost of the hospital, a column of religion.)
1349-00-00-Austria-02 + (In this year the flagellants arose, who be … In this year the flagellants arose, who beat themselves and they went from city to city and from village to village. And when this sect was finished a plague arrived or a great and unheard of mortality by which often in one day thousand people were buried in just one city, and in rural areas the people were buried in the fields and so great was the plague that it was never seen before nor is it seen.t it was never seen before nor is it seen.)
1328-03-00-Bohemia-2 + (In this year the full moon of the month of March darkened, this eclipse was followed by a long lasting plague of animals and humans in different regions.)
1227-00-00-Bologna 002 + (In this year there was a great famine in B … In this year there was a great famine in Bologna, as there was also a cruel plague, so that many of the nobles in the city died, but countless perished in the countryside; therefore the entire Castella went into extermination [...] in this scarcity in Bologna, the staio dell' grano was worth three lire, the fava bean was worth eight hundred soldi, the spelt fourteen soldi, and the mollidura fifteen soldi, and the dukedom of gold was spent for money 130. This moved the Bishop of the City on Holy Thursday to invite all the people to take bread for charity, where so great a multitude gathered that twenty-four died because of the large crowd: because each one yearned to be the first, being from hunger.earned to be the first, being from hunger.)
1312-00-00-Bologna + (In this year there was a great mortality u … In this year there was a great mortality unknown to the doctors, there was likewise a great famine both of bread and of [[wine]] and vinegar, so that the fromento was sold for only. [f. 21v] of twenty la Corba, which was previously sold at five, and the wine, and vinegar 40 bolognini.e, and the wine, and vinegar 40 bolognini.)
1350-00-00-Rome-Bohemia-2 + (In this year there was celebrated a Jubile … In this year there was celebrated a Jubilee year of grace in Rome and throught the whole year, a great number of people from all parts of the world travelled there to receive grace and indulgence. And since the plague was most grave in all lands everybody hurried to do penance and avoid the death. Many died on the way to and from [Rome] and while staying there.o and from [Rome] and while staying there.)
1363-00-00-Florence 003 + (In this year was a great plague in the city and the surroundings of Florence)

1258-00-00 Italy + (In this year was a high mortality among humans.)

1471-00-00-France + (In this year, a universal mortality broke out in much parts of the kingdom, that affected people with bellyache and other symptoms of disease. Several important persons died in Paris and elsewhere.)
1342-00-00-Aquileia + (In this year, during the time of August, a … In this year, during the time of August, a pestilent wind blew from the turbulent shores of the Adriatic Sea into the harbors of Aquileia, which, with the foaming waves of the stormy sea, brought death to many in that area and afflicted many with lingering illnesses.d afflicted many with lingering illnesses.)
1482-04-00-Metz + (In this year, in April, people began to die of a "hot" disease. They first became green (?) and lost their reason. They recovered after 3 or 4 days, but soon after they died.)
1323-06-00-Paris + (In this year, in summertime, there was in the kingdom of France and especially in Paris a great many of ill people, and many of them died. Everybody was astonished about this.)
1307-07-00-Bologna + (In this year, in the month of July and Aug … In this year, in the month of July and August, there were great epidemics in Bologna, and those who drank with devotion of the water from the Well of St. Peter, which is behind the Sepulchre of St. Stephen, felt great joy and many were freed from the fever.at joy and many were freed from the fever.)
1241-00-00-France + (In this year, lot of people suffered of the eyes.)
1307-00-00-France + (In this year, the mortality has been severe. Doctors earned a lot, and those who cannot live died this year.)
1499-06-00-Metz + (In this year, while the mortality was so g … In this year, while the mortality was so great in the city, the rulers of the council of the Thirteen fled in their manors in the countryside. It remained no one of the Thirteen within the walls. Subsequently, all meetings and entries ceased, as well as the trials at the clerics court. However, since some cases remained to be solved every day, they commanded that hearings should be held before the cloister of Saint-Girgonne. They let come to them only two people and gave their sentences immediately. Two or three sergeants were always there to prevent people moving forward and to keep everybody in silence during the audiences. <br /> Because of this mortality, it has been forbidden by the council, in order not to frighten people, to put candles in front of doors when someone die in the city. in front of doors when someone die in the city.)
1380-03-25-Frankfurt + (In those days between [[Easter]] … 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 [[chicken]]s, 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.noble scorned the consumption of chickens.)
1395-00-00-Limburg + (In those same year ([[1395]]), there were great dyings in the German lands. And I have seen and experienced four of these great pestilences.)
1363-06-00-Paris + (In year 1363, a star appeared several days … In year 1363, a star appeared several days around the Trinity day (28 May), at the 3rd hour of the day, when the sun is in the South. According to astrologers and other experts of predictions with natural events, this star signified hardships to come especially for pregnant women. Several remarkable events followed this apparition. Actually, from the beginning of June to St Luke day (18 October), a cruel mortality broke out, especially among children and young adult of both gender, and among men rather than women. It was marvelous to see and to ear of such an event. Old persons actually died without the young paying much attention to it, but when the plague was effectively entered in a house, the children died first, and then the parents and all relatives. Astonishingly, people were fit on one day, and dead only two or three days after.ay, and dead only two or three days after.)
1426-00-00-Constance + (In year 1426 was a great mortality, that persisted for three years.)
1439-07-06-Constance + (In year 1439, on the [[monday]] before Margaret Day, a procession has been celebrated in Constance because of the pestilence, with all clerics of the city.)
1451-00-00-Basel + (In year [[1451]] was a pestilence in Basel, but not severe. In the beginning it injured people. Some of them died, both [[men]] and [[women]].)
1285-03-00-Italy + (Indeed, in the year of our Lord 1285, in t … Indeed, in the year of our Lord 1285, in the thirteenth indiction, which we also mentioned earlier, the entire month of March was full of [[flea]]s, and fleas abounded throughout that whole month to such an extent that if it were in the middle of summer, they would seem excessive and plentifulr, they would seem excessive and plentiful)
1418-09-27-Paris + (It has been deciden on this day that because of the mortality affecting Paris and other locations in the Kingdom the court of justice must be shutdown. The last judgments should be executed before [[saturday]].)
1349-11-25-Orvieto + (It has been discovered that because of the … It has been discovered that because of the severe and deadly times, which, like a sower sowing tares, have long prevailed in the City and county of Orvieto in various forms, many houses, buildings, and dwellings of the people who have been consumed, killed, or exiled, have remained vacant and persist uninhabited. As a result, these properties are sold and alienated by unscrupulous people and are often bought and placed under extermination and ruin, sometimes even under the guise of legal pretext, to the insult, diminution, detriment, disgrace, and loss of the City, the Commune, and its People. Unless appropriate remedies are provided, the city and its buildings will clearly be gradually but diligently and progressively destroyed and depleted, so to put an end to these reprehensible practices henceforth in a healthy manner; therefore [...] no person [...] may destroy or dismantle any house or building in the City or its suburbs in whole or in part [...] under the penalty of 50 pounds. However, houses and buildings that might be threatened by ruin due to an earthquake or another unforeseen event, or are demolished for the purpose of rebuilding them with improvements, may be dismantled and destroyed in whole or in part without penaltytroyed in whole or in part without penalty)
1347-00-00-Catajo + (It has been reported and written in the me … It has been reported and written in the mercantines, that in the parts of Catajo it rained a great number of worms and snakes, which devoured a great number of people. It rained down fire from heaven like snow, which burned the mountains, the earth and the people. This fire made such a pestilential smoke that those who smelt it died within twelve hours. Still died those, who watched the poisoned by that pestilential smoke.d the poisoned by that pestilential smoke.)
1382-00-00-Naples + (It has been reported several times that ma … It has been reported several times that many of the Duke of Anjou's men were defeated, killed and captured. It is said that he is near Naples, about eight miles away, and that there is a high mortality rate there and great scarcity of food. In that year the mortality began in many places, in Ferrara, in Bologna, in Pisa and in many other places.Bologna, in Pisa and in many other places.)
1256-12-17-Kamakura + (It is said that the dysentery epidemic in Sōshū (Sagami Province) is subsiding.)
1258-00-00-Baghdad 002 + (It is said that there were more than 800,0 … It is said that there were more than 800,000 dead in Baghdad, not including the children thrown in the mud, those who perished in the canals, wells, and basements, and those who died of hunger and fear. Those that survived the killing were struck by an epidemic [wabaˉʾ] from breathing the odor of corpses and drinking contaminated water. The inhabitants frequently smelled onions because of the strong smell. The number of flies increased, filling the air; they would fall on food and spoil it.air; they would fall on food and spoil it.)
1282-00-00-Alsace + (It rained honey in some places in Alsace, and a lot of people refused to eat vegetables and fruits. And, an epidemic follows in several locations.)
1405-00-00-Odense 002 + (It so happened in bygone times that great … It so happened in bygone times that great death ruled all over the world, which was called pestilencia, and was feared by young and old alike, because death spared no one. At that time, also the shoemakers' journeymen in Odense feared death and it seemed [appropriate] to them to move their goods in that way that if someone of them died, he should be well provided for, then they went to the alderman and to the companions who then were in the council of the shoemakers‘ guild in Odense and appealed to them that they would do well in granting them a company, this they told to all the companions and bestowed them to have and to hold what is written hereinafter.e and to hold what is written hereinafter.)
1348-06-00-Bologna + (It was a great mortality, that out of five parts, three died, and began in May and lasted until San Michele.)
1350-00-00-Denmark 002 + (It was a jubilee year and a great indulgence in Rome, namely the remission of all sins. Also, there was a great epidemic throughout the whole world that year.)