Potato Famine 1845 (jan 1, 1845 – jan 1, 1849)
Description:
The Potato Famine of 1845 in Europe was the catastrophic failure of the potato crop leading to the deaths of nearly a million people due to starvation and disease. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys the edible tubers of the potato plant. This famine was one of the worst to occur in Europe in the nineteenth century with over a million people emigrating to the United States.Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1845
jan 1, 1849
~ 4 years