1379

In 1379, a total of 5 epidemic events are known so far. It is a year. See also time and timelines.

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Page	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
1379-00-00-Avignon	1379 ^JL	Great plague in Avignon	In autumpno fuit magna pestilencia epidemie … et terris circumsitis, et venit…	In autumn was a great plague in Avignon and surrounding areas, and it came...	Chronicon Moguntinum 1885, p. 45	Translation by Moritz Uebelhack; None;
1379-00-00-Iceland	1379 ^JL	Smallpox in Iceland in 1379 after the arrival of six ships. Severe winter	komo vi skip til Ijslandz ok j bolna sott ok for vm allt Jsland ok vard mikill manndaudr sæloduzt tolf prestar fyrir svnnan land ok nockorir fyrir nordan land [...] ok stora sniofa var vetr mikill.	Six ships came to Iceland and smallpox spread all over Iceland, and there was a great loss of life. Twelve priests died in the south of the country and several ones in the north of the country [...] and there was a lot of snowfall and a harsh winter.	Lögmannsannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 281	Translation by Carina Damm
1379-00-00-Nuremberg	1379 ^JL	Great plague in Nuremberg and Bamberg that led to insects flying densely in the air.	801. By der tiid in deme somer do was een grot plage bi deme Rine tusschen Norenberge unde Bavenberge, dat de lucht was so vul wormete, also dat de rupen unde de loofvorsche vlogen so dicht, dat kume de lude kunden dar dor wanderen. dit betekende een grot stervent, dat na was komende in den landen.	801. At the time in the summer (1379), there was a great plague by the "Rine" [Regnitz?] between Nuremberg and Bamberg, so that the air was so full of worms, and also the caterpillars and tree frogs flied densely, that reported the people, who walked there. This signified a great death, that was soon to come to the lands.	Detmar's Croneke van Lubeke 1884/99, Vol. 1, p. 564.	Translation by Moritz Uebelhack
1379-00-00-Paris	1379 ^JL	Outbreak of plague in Paris and surrounding regions.	In illo tempore (1379) Parisius Francie et terra circumsita erat magna pestilencia et mortalitas hominum.	At that time (1379), there was a great pestilence and mortality of people in Paris, France, and the surrounding land.	Chronicon Moguntinum 1885, p. 45.	Translation by Martin Bauch; None;
1379-autumn-Poland	September 1379 ^JL	In the year 1379 a great plague arrived in Poland and other kingdoms.	Eodem anno in regno Polonie et alias tempore autumpni magna ingruit pestilencia, in qua cives plures Mechovenses obierunt.	In this year (1379) a great plague arrived in the kingdom of Poland and in other kingdoms in which many citicens of Miechów died.	Annales Miechovienses, in: Monumenta Poloniae Historica, vol. II, pp. 880-896, 886	Translation by Christian Oertel