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- Oct 1, 134750% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Oct 31, 134750% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
The Black Death Reaches Europe at Messina
- The pandemic ran in Europe from 1346 to 1353 and is one of the most fatal in human history. [S]
- Contemporary accounts put the Sicilian landfall in October 1347, from ships out of Caffa on the Black Sea; the month is agreed, the day is not. [S]
- Plague has never gone away - the WHO still records cases each year in Africa, Asia and the Americas, now treatable with antibiotics.
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- [1]50%en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Deathen.wikipedia.org· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Oct 1, 1347 ✓· Ends Oct 31, 1347 ✓· 50% of score
The sources agree on the month, not the day: the plague ships are recorded as reaching Messina in October 1347, so the pin covers that month rather than claiming a date.
- [2]80%WHO fact sheet: Plaguewho.int· Added Sep 21, 2026· 50% of score
The WHO's standing account of the disease, its three forms and its persistence today.
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