German and French troops carry the bubonic …
Years: 1624 - 1635
German and French troops carry the bubonic plague to the city of Mantua in 1629, as a result of troop movements associated with the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).
Venetian troops, infected with the disease, retreat into northern and central Italy, spreading the infection.
Locations
People
- Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu
- Charles Emmanuel I “the Great”
- Ferdinand II
- Jules Mazarin
- Louis XIII of France
Groups
- Germans
- Milan, Archdiocese of
- French people (Latins)
- Italians (Latins)
- Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of
- Mantua, Duchy of
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of
- Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire
