Plague arrives at Caffa
1346* · Event
Mongol siege of the Genoese port of Caffa in Crimea; plague-infected corpses catapulted over walls; spreads to Europe via Italian ships.
On these timelines: The Black Death, Pandemics & Plagues, Italy (post-476 CE), The Silk Road & the Steppe, Mongol Empire
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