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

Between 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

An 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

References

  1. 1 2 Ferreyra, Eduardo. "Fearfull Famines of the Past". mitosyfraudes.org. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Practical Medicine, Volume 19. 1833.
  3. 1 2 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.
  4. ↑ Jacobson, Judy (2001). A Field Guide for Genealogists. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806350981.


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