What happened 1348 AD

Italian writer Giovanni Boccaccio in his book Decameron writes a description of symptoms of the plague.

The Black Death arrives at Melcombe Regis in the south of England. Over the next year, the plague spreads into Wales, Ireland and Northern England. By 1350, the plague reaches Scotland. The estimated death toll for the British Isles and Ireland is calculated at 3.2 million.