<P> There appear to have been several introductions into Europe . The plague reached Sicily in October 1347 , carried by twelve Genoese galleys , and rapidly spread all over the island . Galleys from Kaffa reached Genoa and Venice in January 1348 , but it was the outbreak in Pisa a few weeks later that was the entry point to northern Italy . Towards the end of January , one of the galleys expelled from Italy arrived in Marseille . </P>
<P> There appear to have been several introductions into Europe . The plague reached Sicily in October 1347 , carried by twelve Genoese galleys , and rapidly spread all over the island . Galleys from Kaffa reached Genoa and Venice in January 1348 , but it was the outbreak in Pisa a few weeks later that was the entry point to northern Italy . Towards the end of January , one of the galleys expelled from Italy arrived in Marseille . </P>
where did the black death first start in europe
where did the black death first start in europe
October 1347
October 1347