| 1347 | 1347 - That was the dreaded "Black Death" that appeared in Europe in the year 1347. Bubonic plague is a disease transmitted to humans by fleas from rats. When the disease appears today anywhere in the world, it can quickly be brought under control. During the Middle Ages ...plague in the fourteenth century wiped out not only entire towns but possibly a third of the population of Europe. That was the dreaded "Black Death" that appeared in Europe in the year 1347. Bubonic plague is a disease transmitted to humans by fleas from rats. When the disease appears today anywhere in the world, it can quickly be brought under control. During the Middle Ages, however, neither the nature of the disease nor a treatment for it were known. When it struck, its victims ...  Show more  Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=27v26urQ9HEC&pg=PT74
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| 1348 | 1348 - A second pestilence, in 1348, completed the wretchedness of the few Jews that remained in this desolated qountry: while themselves were perishing by hundreds, the old accusation of poisoning the wells was renewed, and the sword of vengeance let loose to waste what the ...A second pestilence, in 1348, completed the wretchedness of the few Jews that remained in this desolated qountry: while themselves were perishing by hundreds, the old accusation of poisoning the wells was renewed, and the sword of vengeance let loose to waste what the plague had spared.2. 1 The description of the later Plague, the Black Plague, the Plague of Boccaccio, in Rabbi Joshua, is striking:—" In the second year of King Philip there was a great plague, from the rising of ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=44wOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA222
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| 1576 | Aug 27, 1576 - Titian died on August 27, 1576, while the plague was raging in Venice, though it is not known whether he was a victim of this terrible scourge or not. He was buried with honor in the church of the Ferari where his tomb, marked by a monument of later date, remains ...Titian died on August 27, 1576, while the plague was raging in Venice, though it is not known whether he was a victim of this terrible scourge or not. He was buried with honor in the church of the Ferari where his tomb, marked by a monument of later date, remains to this day. His paintings, of which one hundred and sixty-three are catalogued, are scattered all over the world. There are fourteen in Austria, seventeen in England, approximately twenty-four in France, fourteen in ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=6zO6jhdF2ugC&pg=PA156
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| 1603 | 1603 - In the year 1603, when the plague was raging in London, Dr. Lodge published a Treatise of the Plague, dedicated to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, stating that he was bred and brought up in the city." To the Bight Honorable the Lord Maior, and to the ...In the year 1603, when the plague was raging in London, Dr. Lodge published a Treatise of the Plague, dedicated to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London, stating that he was bred and brought up in the city." To the Bight Honorable the Lord Maior, and to the Bight Worship- full the Aldermen and of the Citie of London. Two causes (Right Honourable and Worship!nil) hare moved me to publish this present treatise of the Plague: one is the duetie and lore which I owe to this ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=Swnky-scbZYC&pg=PR51
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| 1625 | 1625 - 4. In the Year 1625, every Parish was particularized1, as in this following Bill: where note, That this next year of Plague caused the Augmentation, and Correction of the Bills; as the former year of Plague did the very being of them.books.google.com/books?id=8KsJAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA337
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| 1630 | 1630 - Don Rodrigo falls a victim to the plague which ravages Milan and its vicinity in 1630. Manzoni gives a powerful description of this plague, which emulates the work of the great historian Thucydides, the poet Lucretius, and the novelists Boccaccio and Defoe. From ...Don Rodrigo falls a victim to the plague which ravages Milan and its vicinity in 1630. Manzoni gives a powerful description of this plague, which emulates the work of the great historian Thucydides, the poet Lucretius, and the novelists Boccaccio and Defoe. From use of the original memoirs, he was enabled to paint the terrible picture in the most vivid, breathing colors. Later on he wrote as a sequel to his romance the story of the "Colonna Infame" (The Column of Infamy), a ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=M9064TauOqUC&pg=PA156
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| 1665 | 1665 - Defoa, in his "History of the Plague in London in 1665," who, though like Hejkcr, believed plague to be contagious, fully shows that the terrible horrors of quarantine were, nevertheless, even worse than the plague itself :—. " A whole family was shut up and locked ...Defoa, in his "History of the Plague in London in 1665," who, though like Hejkcr, believed plague to be contagious, fully shows that the terrible horrors of quarantine were, nevertheless, even worse than the plague itself :—. " A whole family was shut up and locked in, because the maid-servant was taken sick ; these people obtained no liberty to stir, neither for aid nor exercise, for forty days; want of breath, fear, anger, vexation, and all the other griefa attending such an ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=k6URAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA404
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| 1666 | 1666 - The Rev. Mr. Mompeflbn was Rector of Eyam, in Derby fhire, during the time of the Plague that nearly depopulated the town in the year 1666, the year after the Plague of London. • His name was J. DE BILSUNCB, of an ancient family of Guienne in France. He ...The Rev. Mr. Mompeflbn was Rector of Eyam, in Derby fhire, during the time of the Plague that nearly depopulated the town in the year 1666, the year after the Plague of London. • His name was J. DE BILSUNCB, of an ancient family of Guienne in France. He was brought up among the celebrated Society of the Jefuits, and bad taken the vows of .their Order. He married Catherine the daughter of Ralph Carr, Efq. of Cowpon, in the county of Durham, by whom he had two children ... Show more Show lessbooks.google.com/books?id=z3ZbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA99
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| 1720 | 1720 - This Great Plague was the last recurrence of an epidemic of bubonic plague in Marseille, since the devastating episodes which began in the fourteenth century with the European Black Death. [2] In 1720, the plague bacillus yersinia pestis arrived at the port of ...This Great Plague was the last recurrence of an epidemic of bubonic plague in Marseille, since the devastating episodes which began in the fourteenth century with the European Black Death. [2] In 1720, the plague bacillus yersinia pestis arrived at the port of Marseille from the Levant. The merchant ship, the Grand-Saint-Antoine, had departed from Sidon in Lebanon, having previously called at Smyrna, Tripoli, and plague-ridden Cyprus. Following the death on board of a Turkish ... Show more Show lessen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Marseille
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| 1900 | May 27, 1900 - United States Circuit Judge Morrow did not render a decision to-day in the bubonic plague injunction suit. It probably will be rendered Monday. At the headquarters of the Chinese Six Companies Secretary Wong said that the Chinese merchants will not resume business until they are ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50716F83A5F1B738DDDAE0A94DD405B808CF1D3
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