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1348The place and the treeSvartedaudenHerborg is 8
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Befolkningen reduseres med mellom halvparten og 2/3 og når ikke sitt gamle nivå før etter 150 år.
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1349NorwayThe Black DeathHerborg is 9Read more
The plague raged in Norway in 1349 and 1350 and took a great many lives. In the time after, many farms were abandoned and lay empty – many of them for more than a hundred years.
Source: svartedauden
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1397The place and the treeKalmarunionenHerborg is 57
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Kalmarunionen. Norge, Sverige og Danmark forenes under felles kongemakt ledet av dronning Margrete. Unionen ble aldri formelt oppløst, men motsetningene mellom Sverige og Danmark førte til at den opphørte ca. 1520.
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1397NorwayThe Kalmar UnionHerborg is 57Read more
Eric of Pomerania was crowned joint king of Denmark, Norway and Sweden at Kalmar. The union finally ended when Sweden chose a king of its own in 1523.
Source: Kalmarunionen
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1440The worldThe printing pressHerborg is 100Read more
Johann Gutenberg developed a way of casting letters as loose, reusable type. Books and printed matter could now be made in large numbers.
Source: Johann Gutenberg
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