History
1347
General
Population: 410 Million*
- Deaths: Louis IV of Bavaria - HRE
Europe
- General: Bubonic plage outbreak
- Cyprus: Black Plague reaches Cyprus – Ship from Kaffa docks in Sicily filled with plague victims
- France: Siege of Calais
Surrendering to Edward III in Hundred Years War
House of prostitution with medical examinations established in Avignon to reduce VD
- Holy Roman Empire: Louis IV dies and Charles IV of Luxembourg succeeds him as emperor to 1378
- Italian States: Italian patriot Cola di Rienzi the tribune rules Rome but is driven from office
Famine and plague kills about 2/3 of the population - Ship from Kaffa docks in Sicily filled with plague victims
Middle East
- Iraq: Plague reaches Baghdad