German and French troops carry the bubonic…

1624 CE to 1635 CE

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.

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Mantua > Mantova Lombardia Italy View →

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Armand Jean du Plessis de Richelieu View → Charles Emmanuel I “the Great” View → Ferdinand II View → Jules Mazarin View → Louis XIII of France View →

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Germans View → Milan, Archdiocese of View → French people (Latins) View → Italians (Latins) View → Venice, (Most Serene) Republic of View → Mantua, Duchy of View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → Habsburg Monarchy, or Empire View →

Topics
Italian Plague of 1629-31, or Great Plague of Milan View →

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Public health View → Conflict View → Catastrophe View →

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