Epizootic - EpiMedDat

For Epizootic, a total of 18 epidemic events are known so far. It is a keyword.

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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
1227-00-00-Svignaskarð	1227 ^JL	Epizootic in 1227 in western Iceland	Þessi vetr var kallaðr sandvetr, ok var fellivetr mikill ok dó hundrað nauta fyrir Snorra Sturlusyni út í Svignaskarði.	That winter was called sandwinter, and it was a very hard winter when hundred of Snorri Sturluson's cattle died out in Svignaskarð.	Íslendinga saga. In: Kristian Kålund: Sturlunga saga efter membranen Króksfjarðarbók udfyldt efter Reykjarfjarðarbók, I. København 1906-1911, p. 386	Translation by Carina Damm
1230-00-00-Denmark	1230 ^JL	Severe plague and epizootic. The epidemics are announced by a solar eclipse	Eclipsis solis et pestilentia hominum et iumentorum magna fuit.	Solar eclipse and a great pestilence among men and animals.	Annales Ryenses In: Erik Kroman: Danmarks middelalderlige annaler. København 1980, p. 171	None
1281-00-00-Denmark	1281 ^JL	Epizootic in Denmark in the year 1281.	Pestilentia pecorum.	(1281) Pestilence of the cattle.	Annales Essenbecenses. In: Erik Kroman: Danmarks middelalderlige annaler. København 1980, p. 281	Translation by Carina Damm
1284-00-00-Iceland 002	1284 ^JL	Plague, epizootic and a famine in Iceland in 1284	Sott mikil fiardaudi ok do mart folk i sulti ok margir bęir eyddvz.	There was a great plague, death of livestock, and many people died of starvation, and many towns perished.	Flateyjarannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 383	Translation by Carina Damm
1291-00-00-Iceland 001	1291 ^JL	Epizootic in Iceland in the year 1291	Felli vetr eymvni hinn micli.	An unforgettable hard winter when cattle died.	Annales reseniani. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 30	Translation by Carina Damm
1291-00-00-Iceland 002	1291 ^JL	Smallpox and an epizootic in Iceland in 1291	Bolna sott a lslande. [...] Jǫkǫl vę́tr mikill ok felli vetr.	Smallpox on Iceland. [...] A harsh, icy winter when cattle died.	Annales regii. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 143	Translation by Carina Damm
1291-00-00-Iceland 003	1291 ^JL	Epizootic in Iceland in 1290, probably referring to the same event as Annales reseniani and Annales regii for 1291	Fellivetr hinn mikli.	Harsh winter when many cattle died.	Flateyjarannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 385	Translation by Carina Damm
1300-00-00-Denmark	1300 ^JL	Epizootic in Denmark and indulgence in Rome	Indulgentia magna in Roma. Pestilentia pecorum.	Great indulgence in Rome and pestilence of the cattle.	Annales Essenbecenses. In: Erik Kroman: Danmarks middelalderlige annaler. København 1980, p. 282	Translation by Carina Damm
1300-09-16-Egypt	1300 ^JL	Epidemic disease (fanāʾ) in cattle in Egypt in 700 AH (Sept. 16, 1300-Sept. 4, 1301). A lot of cattle died. Subsequently, water wheels could not be operated anymore, draft animals were lacking in farming, and cattle prices hiked. Sugar cane could not be cultivated, thus sugar prices rose. (A marginal note in one manuscript adds: It was related that an elder [shaykh min ahl al-filāḥa] from Ushmūm [Ashmūn al-Rummān, in the Nile Delta] lost all but eight of his 1,011 Khaysiyya cows to the disease.)			Baybars al-Mansuri - Zubdat al-fikra 1998, p. 351	Translation needed
1300-09-16-Egypt 2	1300 ^JL	Epidemic disease (fanāʾ) in cattle, mainly in Egypt, in 700 AH (Sept. 16, 1300-Sept. 4, 1301). Cattle prices hiked. Subsequently, water wheels could not be operated with cattle anymore. Sugar cane could not be cultivated and sugar prices hiked.		Template:TN	al-Mufaḍḍal 1919-1929, pt. 3, p. 30	None
1300-09-16-Egypt 3	1300 ^JL	Epidemic disease (fanāʾ) in cattle in Egypt in 700 AH (Sept. 16, 1300-Sept. 4, 1301) that killed a great number of cows. It was related that the disease had killed 1,003 out of 1,021 Khaysiyya cows of an elder (shaykh) of Ushmūm-Ṭanāḥ (Ashmūn al-Rummān, in the Nile Delta). Cattle prices hiked and water wheels could not be operated with cattle anymore.			Al-Nuwayri - Nihayat al-arab 1964-1998, vol. 31, ed. by Albāz al-ʿArīnī and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ahwānī, Cairo 1992, p. 416	Translation needed
1303-08-00-Syria	August 1303 ^JL	Horse epidemic (fanāʾ) in Syria in 703 AH (August 1303 - August 1304) which killed a majority of the Syrian horse population; the author who lived in Damascus during those days lost all of his horses (ten or more) to the illness; before the epidemic, horses in Syria had been abundant and easily available; due to the epidemic, horses became scarse and their price increased sixfold.			al-Nuwayri - Nihayat al-arab 1964-1998, vol. 32 (ed. by Fahīm Muḥammad ʿUlwī Shaltūt, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ahwānī, and Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ʿĀshūr, 1998), p. 78	Translation needed
1303-08-15-Syria	August 1303 ^JL	Horse epidemic (most probably in Syria) in 703 AH (August 15, 1303 - August 3, 1304), innumerable horses perished. The stables of the amirs and the army emptied.			Abū l-Fidāʾ 1998-1999, vol. 4, p. 64	Translation needed
1308-00-00-Denmark	1308 ^JL	Epizootic in Denmark that is preceded by an invasion of Halland by the Duke of Svealand, Erik Magnusson	Dux Suetie Ericus uenit hostiliter in Hallandiam. Pestilentia pecorum.	Duke Eric of Sweden invaded Halland. Pestilence of cattle.	Annales Essenbecenses. In: Erik Kroman: Danmarks middelalderlige annaler. København 1980, p. 282	Translation by Carina Damm
1310-00-00-Denmark	1310 ^JL	Severe epizootic in Denmark	Subiugantur regi Erico Rostok et Ribnes. Fuit tunc parlamentum in Skialschør inter nobiles et Haquinum, regem Noruegie. Tunc fuit hyems asperrima per sex septimanas continue. Tunc fuit maxima pestilentia pecorum in Dacia.	Rostock and Ribe were subjugated by King Eric. There was then a parliament in Skælskør between the nobles and Hakon, King of Norway. Then there was a very severe winter for six weeks continuously. Then there was a great pestilence of cattle in Denmark.	Annales Essenbecenses. In: Erik Kroman: Danmarks middelalderlige annaler. København 1980, p. 323	Translation by Carina Damm
1313-00-00-Iceland	1313 ^JL	Epizootic in Iceland in the year 1313.	Hrossfellivetur.	Harsh winter in which many horses died.	Annales regii. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 75	Translation by Carina Damm
1313-00-00-Iceland 002	1313 ^JL	Epizootic in Iceland in 1313	hrider og fiar fellir micill æ Islandi svo at vida vm sveiter vrdu menn mioc svo snauder at kvikfie og mest hrossa fie.	Snowstorms and mortality of cattle on Iceland so that in many parts of the countryside people became very destitute of livestock and mostly horses.	Gottskálksannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 343	Translation by Carina Damm
1313-00-00-Iceland 003	1313 ^JL	Epizootic in Iceland in 1313	Snio vetr allmikill vm allt ok þar með fial fellir.	Very harsh winter with snow all over the country and with it mortality of cattle.	Skálholtsannáll. In: Gustav Storm: Islandske Annaler indtil 1578. Kristiania 1888, p. 203	Translation by Carina Damm

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