What was the Worst Year in Human History? (Episode #27)

The Black Death, two World Wars, COVID. Throughout human history, catastrophic events, both man-made and natural, have been pervasive. Wars, natural disasters, and pandemics have become recurrent themes. Yet, is there a singular year that unequivocally stands out as the worst for humanity?

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EPISODE RESOURCES

• “What Was the Worst Year in History?” Sky HISTORY TV Channel, www.history.co.uk/articles/what-was-the-worst-year-in-history. Accessed 9 Mar. 2024. 
• Seaver, Carl. “Ten of the Most Terrible Years to Be Alive.” History Defined -, 30 Jan. 2023, www.historydefined.net/ten-of-the-most-terrible-years-to-be-alive/. 
• “Countdown: Worst Years to Be Alive in History.” History Collection, 4 Dec. 2021, historycollection.com/countdown-worst-years-to-be-alive-in-history/. 
• Jonathan H. Kantor  .f67943c9-aee5-4b4c-9cf0-7bd937c850f4{fill:#82b964;}  fact checked by Darci Heikkinen, et al. “Top 10 Worst Years to Be Alive in Human History.” Listverse, 7 Jan. 2022, listverse.com/2022/01/07/top-10-worst-years-to-be-alive-in-human-history/. 
• Anastasi, Luciano. “Medieval History – the Worst Year in History to Be Alive.” Medieval History – Yesterday in a Nutshell, 11 Feb. 2023, historymedieval.com/the-worst-year-in-history-to-be-alive/. 
• “Purple Death: The Great Flu of 1918.” PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization, www.paho.org/en/who-we-are/history-paho/purple-death-great-flu-1918. Accessed 9 Mar. 2024. 
• “Why a Volcanic Eruption Caused a ‘year without a Summer’ in 1816.” CNN, Cable News Network, amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/09/17/world/tambora-eruption-year-without-summer-scn/index.html. Accessed 9 Mar. 2024. 
• “Year 536 Was the Worst Year to Be Alive - What Happened?” YouTube, 11 Mar. 2020, youtu.be/s3YTfhJmh1I?si=zcujOSrSjjikIDg3. 

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