Black Death
Plague kills a third to half of Europe's people
Genoese galleys from Caffa brought plague to Messina in Sicily, from where it swept across Europe. Within a few years the Black Death killed an estimated third to half of the continent's population, reshaping its economy and society.
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Ibn Battuta witnessed the Black Death: in 1348 he was in Damascus, where, he wrote, thousands were dying each day.
Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Eastern Europe & Russia
- c. 1337 Sergius of Radonezh founds his monastery — 10 years earlier
Africa
- 1324 Hajj of Mansa Musa — 23 years earlier
- c. 1327 The Djinguereber Mosque in Timbuktu — 20 years earlier
Asia
- 1368 Founding of the Ming dynasty — 21 years later
- 1370 Timur makes Samarkand his capital — 23 years later
Americas
- c. 1325 Founding of Tenochtitlan — 22 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Timur (aged 11)
- Orhan (aged 66)
- Ibn Battuta (aged 43)
- Ashikaga Takauji (aged 42)
- Edward III (aged 35)
- Sergius of Radonezh (aged 33)
- Charles IV (aged 31)
- Murad I (aged 21)
- Ibn Khaldun (aged 15)
- Louis the Bavarian (aged 65)