1453

In 1453, 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
1451-00-00-Basel	1451 JL	A plague breaks out in Basel and lasts two years.	Anno domini 51 was pestilency zu Basel, aber nit zu grosz. Aber dem der sine abegieng und schaden beschach, hatte sich zu clagen. Doch starb me mannesnamen denne frowennamen.	In year 1451 was a pestilence in Basel, but not severe. In the beginning it injured people. Some of them died, both men and women.	Ehrard von Appenwiler chronicle, p. 308.	Translation by Thomas Labbé
1451-00-00-Cuneo	1451 JL	Severe plague in Cuneo which lasted two or three years.	L’anno del Signore 1451 fu assaltato Cuneo un altra volta da una peste crudelissima, la quale continuo per due o tre anni, e morirono di morbo più di tre milla huomini e femine, et indebolò il popolo di maniera che nessuna pensava che dovesse mai più pigliar forza.	In the year of our Lord 1451, Cuneo was once again attacked by a cruel plague, which continued for two or three years, and more than three thousand men and women died of the disease, and weakened the people to such an extent that no one thought it would ever get stronger.	La più antica cronaca di Cuneo, p. 156, l. 8	Translation by DeepL
1452-00-00-Silesia	24 June 1452 JL	A "notable" plague occurred in Silesia, Poland and "in the mountains" in 1452, starting around the feast of St John the baptist (June 24) and lasting until the end of the year.	Pestis notabilis in Silesia. Eodem anno fuit notabilis pestis in Silesia, in Polonia et in montana. Incepit circa festum Joannis baptiste dure et continuavit leniter usque ad finem anni currentis.	A "notable" plague in Silesia. In this year there was a notable plague in Silesia, in Poland and in the mountains. It started around the feast of St John the baptist (June 24) and continued in a milder way lasting until the end of current year.	Sequuntur gesta diversa transactis temporibus facta in Silesia et alibi, in: Scriptores rerum Silesiacarum, vol. 12, ed. Wachter, p. 37-86, 63	Translation by Christian Oertel
1453-08-00-Flanders	1453 JL	A pestilence breaks out in the region, as a consequence of a dearth caused by war.	Messis tempore non invenit quod colligeret; hinc annona solito carior et, quae communiter sequi solet, pestilentia populum gravare coepit.	At harvest time, not enough people came at the fields. Then prices have been higher than usual, and a pestilence broke out, as it is common in such conditions.	Chronique d'Adrien de But, p. 347	Translation by Thomas Labbé
1453-10-08-Wien	8 October 1453 JL	A commentary to a manuscript by Thomas Ebendorfer mentions that lectures at the university of Vienna are suspended, as plague reigned.	Revisus per Thomam de Haselpach tempore suspensionis lectionum ob sementem pestem. Anno etc. 1453, 8 Octobris	Revised by Thomas of Haselpack as lectures were suspended because of the ravaging plague. In the year 1453 on 8 October.	Brinzei 2022, p. 375.	Translation by Martin Bauch

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