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A drought in 1474 was followed by a great inflation and hunger as well as by a terrible pestilence which lasted from the feast of St John (June 24) 1474 until Shrove [[Tuesday]] (February 22) 1475.  +
Locusts destroyed many [[crops]] in [[Bohemia]], [[Silesia]], [[Moravia]] and [[Lusatia]] and caused a mortal disease among the pigs.  +
A [[plague]] ravages in [[Görlitz]] and [[Bautzen]] and kills many friars.  +
[[Plague]] in [[Frankfurt]].  +
A [[mortality]] breaks out in [[Metz]] in April. People first loose their senses, then recover after 3-4 days, then die.  +
A [[procession]] is organized in [[Metz]] because of the [[plague]].  +
[[Plague]] in [[Frankfurt]] and 1000 people dead.  +
[[Plague]] in [[Frankfurt]] and a [[procession]].  +
Death of Duke Wilhelm of [[Saxony]] in [[Weimar]] from [[plague]].  +
Great [[mortality]] and [[famine]] in [[Thuringia]]'s neighbouring countries and the citizens of [[Erfurt]] fear they might be affected in the future and organize a [[procession]] to prevent this.  +
A [[procession]] is organized in [[Metz]] because of the [[plague]].  +
[[Mortality]] because of [[plague]] in [[Metz]].  +
[[Pestilence]] in [[Sweden]]. Only in [[Stockholm]], 15.000 people fall victim to the [[plague]].  +
A [[mortality]] strikes [[Magdeburg]] and the surroundings, higher social strata and young [[women]] particularly affected.  +
In 1484 a great plague raged in [[Głogów]], in Lower [[Silesia]] from the feast of St Sixtus (August 6) to the advent of the Lord (December).  +
The Swedish laymen Magnus “Pigerii” (perhaps Birgersson), the servant of the knight Åke from the diocese of [[Strängnäs]], dies of the plague in [[1486]] in [[Åkerö]]. Earlier, Magnus had been attacking Nicolaus Finvidi, a cleric from the diocese of [[Linköping]] in [[Kalmar]] who, in order to defend himself, had thrown a stone at Magnus. Even though Magnus confirmed on his deathbed Nicolaus’ innocence, Magnus’ relatives obtained that Nicolaus was summoned to appear in court. This penitential issued in [[Rome]] in [[1486]] by regent Julianus, bishop of Bertinoro, refers the case to the local bishop and authorizes him to declare Nicolaus innocent.  +
An [[epidemic]] of [[properieulle]] breaks out in [[Metz]], affecting five sixth of the [[children]] and many young adults.  +
While the weather in May is cold and wet, people are affected by severe [[cough]].  +
Misdated arrival of [[syphilis]] to Europe in [[1490]] predating the presumed arrival to Europe in [[1493]] in the context of the Columbian Exchange; the new disease is interpreted as an apolcalyptic sign.  +
While the summer weather has been outstandingly dry and hot, a lot of people suffer from a disability called [[glene]], that kills [[men]], [[women]] and [[children]].  +
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