Plague - The plague arrives in Constantinople

Time: 542

Place: Turkey

Details: The plague arrives in Constantinople (now Istanbul). By spring of 542, about 5,000 deaths per day in the city are calculated, although some estimates vary to 10,000 per day. The epidemic would go on to kill over a third of the city’s population.

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