Great Famine of 1315-1317
1315–1317 · Event
Catastrophic European famine triggered by years of cold, wet summers; killed 10-25% of urban populations across northern Europe. The first heavy blow to the medieval demographic high before the Black Death.
On these timelines: Master, Medicine & Public Health, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, The Black Death, Pandemics & Plagues
Around 1315
- Black Death (1346)
- Hundred Years' War (1337)
- Ottoman Empire (1299)
- Dante's Divine Comedy (1320)
- Yuan dynasty (1271)
- Majapahit Empire (1293)
- Maori arrive in New Zealand (1280)
- Muromachi shogunate (Ashikaga) (1336)
- Marco Polo's journey to China (1271)
- Reign of Osman I (1299)