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Great [[plague]] in [[Florence]] and the family of Pagholo fled to [[Bologna]].  +
Great [[mortality]] in [[Florence]], besides [[price increase]] for [[grain]] and other crops and great [[war]]s.  +
A [[mortality]] breaks out in [[Montpellier]] from [[February]] to [[July]]. The members of the town council order the manufacturing of a gigantic candle, to burn day and night at the church of Notre-Dame-des-Tables. This candle has been lighted on the 27th of April.  +
A new plague wave hits [[Florence]] and the city loses relatively few people, but the societal impact is severe.  +
Many people, mainly children, died of [[plague]] (ṭāʿūn, fanāʾ, wabāʾ) in [[Alexandria]] from Shawwāl 775 H (March 16 to April 14, [[1374]]) to Rabīʿ I 776 H (August 10, [[1374]] to September 8, 1374). Up to 200 people died per day. In Shawwāl, 7,000 people perished within three days. In 775 H (1373), the Nile had failed to reach the necessary gauge (wafāʾ) during the summer flood, and many fields in [[Egypt]] could not be cultivated. Prices for grain and other foodstuffs rose in Egypt. Prices remained high also during the following year (776 H: June 13, 1374 to June 1, 1375) despite a sufficient Nile flood and the availability of grain. People became impoverished and died of hunger due to the rise in prices while grain merchants (khazzān) made huge profits. Finally, people revolted against inflation and famine. Plague came on top of famine. In Alexandria, 17,000 people reportedly died of plague, 12,000 of whom were male and female children. [...]  +
When the father of Buonaccorso Pitti, Neri, died, Pitti left [[Florence]] with his 8 brothers and his mom and fled to [[Val di Pesa]] from the raging [[plague]]. They returned, when the plague was over.  +
Outbreak of the [[plague]] in [[Pisa]] with a high [[mortality]], as a consequence several [[procession]]s.  +
This passage talks about the "[[dancing mania]]" in the region along the [[Rhine]] and [[Moselle]]. People danced uncontrollably, sometimes for half a day. Some participants exploited the situation for money and immoral behavior. The event seen as a heresy lasted around sixteen weeks and was believed by some to be a sign of the coming [[Antichrist]].  +
Letter from [[Coluccio Salutati]] to Benvenuto da Imo about the possible causes of the [[plague]]. He sees the [[plague]] as the will of God and therefore does not want to flee [[Florence]].  +
Outbreak of [[fever]] in [[Avignon]] in connection with [[dearth]].  +
Plague in [[Erfurt]] and [[Thuringia]]  +
The [[plague]] strikes [[Magdeburg]] and neighbouring territories, a great mortality arises and plague pits are opened in different cemetaries of local churches.  +
Great [[plague]] in [[Stralsund]] and [[Wismar]].  +
[[Mortality]] due to a [[severe winter]] in the Icelandic [[Westfjords]] in [[1376]]  +
Outbreak of [[plague]] in [[Lübeck]]  +
Great [[plague]] in the diocese of [[Dorpat]].  +
[[Smallpox]] in [[Norway]] in the year [[1378]].  +
Outbreak of [[plague]] in [[Swabia]] and surrounding regions.  +
Great [[plague]] in [[Avignon]]  +
[[Smallpox]] in [[Iceland]] in [[1379]] after the arrival of six ships. [[Severe winter]]  +
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