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Date startStart date of the disease.	1380-05-13 Saturday	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.	1380-09-28 Thursday	+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.
RegionHistorical region(s)	Bohemia
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims		+
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave	Pestis quarta
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text	Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Mortality
last edited	19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Great mortality in Bohemia which lasted from Pentecost (May 13) to the day of St Wenceslas (September 28).

Text originalOriginal text

Anno Domini 1380 incepit mortalitas magna in terra Bohemie circa festum Penthecostes et duravit usque ad festum sancti Wenczeslai.

Anonymous, Chronicon Bohemiae Lipsiense, ed. J. Emler (Fontes rerum Bohemicarum, vol. VII, s.a.) p. 5-8, p. 5. 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In the year of the Lord 1380 a great mortality came to Bohemiae around the feast of Pentecost and it lasted until the feast of St Wenceslas.

Translation by Christian Oertel 2