1472

In 1472, 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
1470-00-00-Cyprus	1470 ^JL	Plague with many deaths in Cyprus	In addition, a great plague struck in 1470 and lasted for two and a half years. Besides, three parts of the island died, and the island remained devastated.		A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus 1456-89, p. 114.	Translation needed
1472-00-00-Thuringia	1472 ^JL	An unspecific epidemic in Thuringia and all over Germany in the context of the drought years 1471-1473	Anno 1472 hat man zween grosse schreckliche Cometen in Germania gesehen, Darnach sind erfolget drey sehr durre iahr vnd vnfruchtbare, pestilentz vnd sehr viel blutvergiessens. Vnd schreiben die Historien schreiber, das von wegen grosser hitze vnd durre, die wälde sich entzundet, die wasser vertrocknet, das man auch in Vngern durch die Tonaw hatt waten konnen.	In the year 1472, two great and terrifying comets were seen in Germany. Following this, there were three very dry and infertile years, marked by pestilence and a great deal of bloodshed. Historians write that due to the intense heat and drought, forests caught fire, waters dried up, and it was even possible to wade through the river Danube in Hungary.	Wellendorf Chronik 2015, p. 137.	Translation by Martin Bauch
1472-08-00-on the Oka river	30 July 1472 ^JL	A plague in the Tatar army of Tsar Akhmet fighting against the Muscovite troops on the Oka River	[6980] человѣколюбець бог, милюяи poд xpистияньски, посла и cмертноносную язву нa Tatapъ, начашa бo напpacнo yмирати мнози в полцѣ их, и убоaвшеся бѣгу яшacя.	1472 The God who loves people, loving the Christian race, sent a deadly disease against the Tartars, because suddenly many of them began to die in their army, and being frightened, they fled.	Московский лeтoпиcный свод конца XV века, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, т. XXV, Mocвa: Языки Cлaвянcкoй Kyльтypы, 2004, p. 297–298	Translation by Dariusz Dabrowski
1472-08-00-on the Oka river Sim	30 July 1472 ^JL	A plague in the Tatar army of Tsar Akhmet fighting against the Muscovite troops on the Oka River.	[6980] ^{<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>} человѣколюбець Богъ, милюяи poдъ xpистiяньскыи, посла и cмертноносную язву нa Tatapъ, начашa бo напpacнo yмирати мнози въ полцѣ ихъ, и убоaвшеся бѣгу яшacя.	1472, July, 30 (or later) The God who loves people, loving the Christian race, sent a deadly disease against the Tartars, because suddenly many of them began to die in their army, and being frightened, they fled.	Симеоновская летопись, in: Полное Cобрание Pусских Летописей, vol. XVIII, Mocквa: Знак, 2007, p. 243.	None
1472-12-00-Metz	December 1472 ^JL	Mortality in Metz.	Item en ycelle année, il fist ung yver pluvioux et ne gellit presque point ; et molroit on ung poc de la pest et des aprison.	In this year (1472), the winter has been very wet and with almost no frost. And few people died of the pest and of fever.	Journal de Jean Aubrion, p. 17.	Translation by Thomas Labbé