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The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (occasionally dated 1315–1322) was the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck parts of Europe early in the 14th century. Most of Europe (extending east to Poland and south to the Alps) was affected. [ 1 ]
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 and the Black Death of 1347–1351 potentially reduced the European population by half or more as the Medieval Warm Period came to a close and the first century of the Little Ice Age began. It took until 1500 for the European population to regain the levels of 1300. [2]
Famine [31] France: 1314–1315 Famine. Dikes collapsed, fields vanished, crops rotted, and livestock died in huge numbers due to the disease "Rinderpest". The price of wheat jumped "8 fold". [6] England: 1315–1317 or 1322: Great Famine of 1315–1317: Europe [32] 7,500,000: 1319–1320: Great Bovine Pestilence: England: 1321: Famine: England ...
The colder climate resulted in agricultural crises, the first of which is known as the Great Famine of 1315–1317. [68] The demographic consequences of this famine, however, were not as severe as the plagues that occurred later in the century, particularly the Black Death. [69]
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 comes to an end. Crop harvests return to normal – but it will be another five years before food supplies are completely replenished in Northern Europe. Simultaneously, the people are so weakened by diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, and tuberculosis. Historians debate the toll, but it is estimated that 10 ...
August 10 – As the Great Famine of 1315–1317 spreads through England and much of western Europe, King Edward II witnesses the full extent when he and his entourage stop at St Albans and find bread and other food unavailable. A combination of heavy rains and unseasonably cold weather had led to crop failure when grain could not ripen for ...
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 kills millions of people in Europe. 1318 – 1330 : An Italian Franciscan friar, Mattiussi , visited Sumatra, Java, and Banjarmasin in Borneo. In his record he described the kingdom of Majapahit .
The Great Famine of 1315–1317 (or to 1322) was the first major food crisis to strike Europe in the 14th century. Millions in northern Europe died over an extended number of years, marking a clear end to the earlier period of growth and prosperity during the 11th and 12th centuries. [ 91 ]