But it would eventually return. Some 800 years later it re-emerged as the Black Death, a blight that killed 50 million Europeans over a four year period from 1347 to 1351 — an astounding figure, to be sure. It's a death rate that averages out to 34,245 mortalities per day. read more
Fears: Scientists have warned that murderous plagues like the Black Death could return A strain of plague which has killed up to 100million people could strike again, scientists warn. They have linked the Black Death, which killed 50million Europeans in the 1300s, and The Plague of Justinian, which struck 800 years earlier, suggesting they were caused by ‘distinct’ strains of the same pathogen. read more