Toruń
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In Toruń, a total of 3 epidemic events are known so far. It is a a city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. The coordinates are 53° 1' 0.00" N, 18° 37' 0.00" E.
Map of Toruń
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| Disease | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1373-00-00-Toruń | 1373 JL | Great plague in the cities by the Baltic Sea. | In deme sulven jare was grot stervent to Thorun in Prutzen unde in vele anderen steden. | In the same year (1373) was a great dying in Toruń in Prussia and in many other cities. | Detmar's Croneke van Lubeke 1884/99, Vol. 1, p. 549. | Translation by Moritz Uebelhack |
| 1422-08-00-Toruń | 1 September 1422 JL | King Władysław moves towards Toruń, but on the Saturday after the feast of St Giles (September 1) he drops his plan to attack it, because plague is rife there. | Sabbato post Sancti Aegidii, Wladislaus Rex contra Thorun volens procedere, [...] salubri consilio reductus est. Vigebat enim pestifera apud Thorunenses lues: propter quod nemini satis plecebat locum infectum adoriri, ne contagio quoque pestis ad exercitum regium penetraret. | Iohanis Dlugossii Annales seu cronicae incliti regni Poloniae, ed. Gaweda, vol. 11, 1, Warszawa 1985, p. 189 | Translation needed | |
| 1464-00-00-Toruń | 1464 JL | Great plague in Toruń | Anno 1464 magna pestis. | Annales Thorunenses (941–1540), p. 399. | Translation needed |
