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The black death, plague: The black death: In Europe the Black Plague was raging from 1348 until 1350. During that time it killed not thousands but millions of people. Just in Europe 25 million people died because of the plague, which is one-third of Europeâs population at that time. World wide it is supposed that the plague has killed over 75 million people. It took the world over 150 years to recuperate from the Black Death.
The Black Death, 1348. Printer Friendly Version >>>. Coming out of the East, the Black Death reached the shores of Italy in the spring of 1348 unleashing a rampage of death across Europe unprecedented in recorded history. By the time the epidemic played itself out three years later, anywhere between 25% and 50% of Europe's population had fallen victim to the pestilence.