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Weird year to die of plague
You can die of the plague today. It wasn’t constrained by dates, big flare ups in society happened and they were the ones that went down in history books, but people died of the disease outside those years too.
They're referring to the bubonic plague (aka the Black Death) which didn't arrive in Europe until the 14th century. And yes, we would have heard of it before then because it was highly contagious.
Please see the post I offered in response that shows research indicating Yersina Pestis was killing humans in Europe and Asia well before the mass plagues.