Great Famine

Great Famine

Great Famine can refer to multiple historical famines that are referred to as the "Great Famine".

*Great Famine of 1315-1317 - Northern European famine of the 14th century.
*Great India Famine 1344-1345
* Great Irish Famine (1740-1741) - 18th century, called by some the "Forgotten Famine," due to its obscurity relative to the later famine of 1845-49.
* Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) - 19th century cause of a great exodus of Irish, forming what is now the Irish diaspora of the Americas, Australia, etc.
* Holodomor - also known as "Great Famine of 1932-1933" in Ukraine
*Great Ethiopia Famine 1888-1892
*The Great Chinese Famine (1958 - 1961)


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