Damiette
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In Damiette, a total of 1 epidemic events are known so far. It is a city in Egypt The coordinates are 31° 25' 0.00" N, 31° 49' 0.00" E.
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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 |
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| 1250-02-00-Damiette | February 1250 JL | The army of the Sixth Crusade under the leaderhsip of the French King suffers from an epidemic and dearth around Damiette. | Anno Domini MCCL captus est Lodoycus rex Francie, et maior pars exercitus Gallici qui cum rege transfretaverat a Saracenis est interfecta. Sed et prius pestilentia et inedia multi periere. Habuerunt enim caristiam et penuriam comestibilium rerum et victualium, nec talem dispositionem aeris habebant qualem in terra sua | In the year of our Lord 1250, King Louis of France was captured, and the majority of the French army that had crossed over with the king was killed by the Saracens. But even before that, many perished due to pestilence and famine. They experienced a scarcity and shortage of foodstuffs and provisions, and they did not have the favorable climate conditions they were accustomed to in their own land | Salimbene De Adam 1966, p. 486 | Translation by Martin Bauch |
