The Chinese famine of 1333–1337 was a famine resulting from a series of climatic disasters in China, then under Toghon Temür of Yuan dynasty. The famine was aggravated by pestilence laying the whole country waste.[1]
Causes
editBetween 1333 and 1336 China suffered a drought and renewed floods, as well as many uncommon atmospheric phenomena.[2] Regions around the Kiang and Hoai rivers were affected. In 1333 rain fell in torrents in and about Kingsai.[3] In 1334, floodings occurred in the neighbourhood of Canton.[3]
Casualties and aftermath
editAn estimated 6 million people perished by the famine.[4] About 4 million people perished in Kiang, according to the Chinese annals.[2] Around this time, pestilence ravaged the region, being antecedent of the Black Death in Europe, which appeared in the following decade.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Ferreyra, Eduardo. "Fearfull Famines of the Past". mitosyfraudes.org. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ a b The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 19. 1833.
- ^ a b BASCOME, Edward (1851). A History of Epidemic Pestilences from the earliest ages, 1495 years before the birth of our Saviour to 1848: with researches into their nature, causes, and prophylaxis.
- ^ Jacobson, Judy (2001). A Field Guide for Genealogists. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806350981.
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