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List Of Disasters In Sweden By Death Toll
This is a list of disasters and tragic events in modern Sweden sorted by death toll. 225,000-500,000 or less 50 to 99 deaths 10 to 49 deaths Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths Significant incidents of Swedes being killed overseas Excludes deaths attributable to war. See also * List of disasters in Antarctica by death toll * List of disasters in Australia by death toll * List of disasters in Canada by death toll * List of disasters in Croatia by death toll * List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll * List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll * List of disasters in Poland by death toll * List of disasters in the United States by death toll References {{Disasters Lists of events in Sweden, Disasters by death toll Disasters in Sweden, Lists of disasters by death toll by country, Sweden Deaths in Sweden Lists of disasters by country, Sweden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Death
The Black Death (also known as the Pestilence, the Great Mortality or the Plague) was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of people, peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium ''Yersinia pestis'' spread by fleas, but it can also take a secondary form where it is spread by person-to-person contact via aerosols causing septicaemic or pneumonic plagues. The Black Death was the beginning of the second plague pandemic. The plague created religious, social and economic upheavals, with profound effects on the course of European history. The origin of the Black Death is disputed. The pandemic originated either in Central Asia or East Asia before spreading to Crimea with the Golden Horde army of Jani Beg as he was besieging the Genoese trading port of Kaffa in Crimea (1347). From Crimea, it was most likely carried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
