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Between 1333 and 1336 China suffered a drought and renewed floods, as well as many uncommon atmospheric phenomena. [2] Regions around the Kiang and Hoai rivers were affected. In 1333 rain fell in torrents in and about Kingsai. [3] In 1334, floodings occurred in the neighbourhood of Canton. [3]
The famine eventually came in Spring 1901. [15] 0.2 million in Shanxi, the worst hit province. Chinese famine of 1906–1907: 1906-07 northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu 20 to 25 million [16] Chinese famine of 1920-1921: 1920–1921 Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, southern Zhili 0.5 million [17] Chinese famine of 1928–30: 1928–1930 Northern ...
A famine (lasting until 1337) breaks out in China, killing six million. A great famine takes place in Southern Europe. It is known to historians of Catalonia as Lo mal any primer, "the First Bad Year" (equivalent to the Great Famine of 1315–1317 further north), an early notice of the catastrophes of the second half of this century. [2]
Chinese scholars had kept count of 1,828 instances of famine from 108 BC to 1911 in one province or another—an average of close to one famine per year. From 1333 to 1337 a famine in the north killed 6 million Chinese. The four famines of 1810, 1811, 1846, and 1849 cost perhaps 45 million lives. [28] [29] The period from 1850 to 1873 saw, as a ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Chinese famine of 1333–1337; G. Great Famine of 1315–1317 This page was ...
Cindy McCain, the executive director of the World Food Programme, said she believes there is a "full-blown famine" in northern Gaza. "Whenever you have conflicts like this, and emotions rage high ...
1333: 19 July: Rinchinbal's older brother Toghon Temür became emperor of the Yuan dynasty. 1334: Wang Dayuan travelled to North Africa. 1342: Papal missionary Giovanni de Marignolli leaves Europe for Khanbaliq (Beijing). 1351: Red Turban Rebellion: The millenarian White Lotus sect first plotted armed rebellion against the Yuan dynasty. 1352
At the height of the famine, 28,000 people were dying daily, even as food and grain continued to flow to Russia. “Parents take whatever they find to their children, but they die themselves,” a ...