Black Death reaches England and Scandinavia
1349
The plague ferried north on coastal traders. By autumn it had killed perhaps half the population of London, Bristol, and York. Norwegian fishermen brought it home and watched their valleys empty, whole parishes left with no living priest. Rural manors collapsed for lack of laborers. Wage agitation across northern Europe began that winter.
In context
Also in 1349 (3 other events on record)
- Strasbourg burns its Jews · Europe · Religion
- William of Ockham dies of plague at Munich · Europe · Culture
- Flagellant processions roam Germany · Europe · Religion
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Disaster
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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