1320 – 1346
The black death ravages China and the Middle East
1347
The black death reaches the Crimea, including Kaffa
October 1347
The black death enters the port of Messina, Sicily, via trade ships from the east
Fall/Winter 1347
Sicily is overwhelmed
January 1348
The black death enters France through the port of Marseilles; northern Italy is struck down
February 1348
Population of Avignon, France, is cut in half by the plague
April 1348
The black death reaches the interior of Italy
Spring 1348
Massacres of Jews begin
May 1348
The black death strikes in Paris
June 1348
The black death continues to spread across Europe, crossing the Alps into Bavaria
July 1348
Normandy is struck
August 1348
The black death enters England through the port of Bristol
September 1348
London succumbs to the black death; Pope Clement VI issues a papel bull calling for the end of Pogroms against Jews
End of 1348
The black death fades away in Italy
March 1349
The black death continues to spread through England and into Ireland
May 1349
Scandinavia is struck
Summer 1349
The black death strikes Tournai in Flanders (now Belgium)
July 1349
Scotland succumbs
December 1349
Pogroms against the Jews finally stop in Germany, but continue elsewhere
Early 1350
The black death spreads throughout the Netherlands
Spring 1350
Eastern Europe is struck
1351
The black death vanishes from Europe, only to return twelve years later
Source: Epidemic! The Black Death by Stephanie True Peters
