FOR MORE GREAT DOCUMENTARIES GO TO WWW.THEDOCUMENTARYCENTER.BLOGSPOT.COM THE BLACK DEATH-1347 AD When a plague-ridden ship landed in Venice in 1347, it was immediately put into quarantine...but no one could stop the rats from corning ashore. Within three years, a third of Western Europe's population was dead. It was the greatest calamity in history.
History's Turning Points - 1347 AD The Black Death