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  Black Death The Black Death, otherwise known as the Pestilence, the Great Morality, or the Plague, was a bubonic plague pandemic that took place in Western Eurasia and North Africa, lasting from 1346 to 1353. It is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history, causing the deaths of 75–200 million people, reaching its climax in Europe from 1347 to 1351. Bubonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis , which was spread by fleas and rats. However, the plague probably branched out and had a new variant, being spread by one person to another, through contact of aerosols, or just air. This caused the septicemic or pneumonic plagues, both of which are forms of the bacterium’s 3 different pandemic types, the third being bubonic. The origin of the Black Death has been argued over. Genetic analysis points to the evolution of Yersinia pestis in the Tian Shan mountains on the border between Kyrgyzstan and China 2,600 years ago. However, the cause and location of the sudden o

  Rani of Jhansi The Rani of Jhansi, otherwise known as Rani Lakshimibai, was an Indian queen and the Maharani (Queen) consort of the Maratha princely state of Jhansi for 10 years from 1843 to 1853 as the wife of Maharaja (King) Gangadhar Rao. She was one of the greatest and most prominent figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, thereby becoming a symbol of opposition and inspiration against British rule in India for Indian nationalists.  Rani Lakshmibai (or Rani Lakshmi Bai) was born on 19 November 1828 in the town of Benares (now Varanasi) into a Marathi Karhade Brahmin family. She was named Manikarnika Tambe and was nicknamed Manu. Her father was Moropant Tambe and her mother was Bhagirathi Sapre (Bhagirathi Bai). Her parents came from the Tambe village of the Guhagar Taluka, found in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra .  Her father was the Commander of the war of Kalyanpranth. Her father worked for Peshwa Baji Rao II of Bithoor district in what is now Uttar Pradesh. The P