The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

The Black Death (1346)

The Black Death—also known as the Plague—was the deadliest pandemic in all of human history. The Black Death resulted in the deaths of 75 to 200 million people across Eurasia and North Africa. This significantly affected the course of European history by causing religious, social, and economic upheavals.

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