1349 Is Actually The Worst Year In History (Not 536)

Here’s why

The flagellants by Pieter van Laer (Public domain)

If you do a quick Google search for the worst year in history you will inevitably turn up dozens of articles saying that 536CE is that year. The problem is everyone is citing one historian who made that claim. One guy made one claim and everyone ran with it. While 536CE was certainly a rotten, awful, no-good, terrible year. It was not the worst year. That…