Natural Disasters & Epidemics

0165  Antonine Plague in Roman Empire killing 5-10 million people   

0250  Plague of Cyprian in Europe killing 1 million+ (Unknown, but at least) people   

0412  (BC) epidemic in Greece (Northern Greece, Roman Republic)   

0429  (BC) Plague of Athens in Greece, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia killing 75,000-100,000 people   

0526  antioch earthquake in Byzantine Empire (now Turkey) killing =300,000 people   

0541  Plague of Justinian in Europe and West Asia killing 25-100 million; 40-50% of population of Europe people   

0590  Pelagius II, Gothic Pope (579-90), dies from plague   

0664  plague of 664 in British Isles   

0735  Japanese smallpox epidemic in Japan killing 2 million (Approx. ?1/3 of entire Japanese population) people   

0746  plague of 746-747 in Byzantine Empire, West Asia, Africa   

1002  the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III dies of malaria January 23 at age 21 while conducting a campaign against the Romans   

1200  (BC) Influenza Epidemic in Babylon, or Babirus of the Persians, Central Asia, Mesopotamia and Southern Asia   

1270  Louis IX, the Saint, King of France (1226-70), dies from plague at 56   

1331  black Death in Europe, Asia and North Africa killing 75-200 million (10-60% of European population) people   

1345  saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction; thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1345  saturn/Jupiter/Mars-conjunction: thought "cause of plague epidemic"   

1348  italian poet Petrarch's beloved Laura dies of plague   

1348  Third wave of the Great plague hits the Old World   

1348  Petrarch's Laura, dies of plague   

1349  6,000 Jews, blamed for the Plague, are killed in Mainz   

1424  jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46   

1485  sweating sickness (multiple outbreaks) in Britain (England) and later continental Europe killing 10,000+ people   

1510  influenza pandemic in Asia, North Africa, Europe killing Around 1% of those infected people   

1520  Smallpox Epidemic in Mexico killing 5-8 million (40% of population) people   

1545  cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545-1548 in Mexico killing 5-15 million (80% of population) people   

1556  Shaanxi earthquake in China killing 830,000 people   

1563  london plague in London killing 20,100+ in London people   

1570  A tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people   

1576  Titian, [Tiziano Vecelli], Italian painter, dies of plague   

1576  cocoliztli epidemic of 1576 in Mexico killing 2-2.5 million (50% of population) people   

1592  measles in Seneca nation   

1592  malta plague epidemic in Malta killing 3,000 people   

1592  london plague in London killing 19,900+ in London and outer parishes people   

1596  Plague in Spain   

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