Six thousand Jews are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz" id="mwOw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mainz">Mainz</a> after being blamed for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague" id="mwPA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Bubonic plague">bubonic plague</a>.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Tuchman"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Tuchman-5"}}' id="cite_ref-Tuchman_5-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_24#cite_note-Tuchman-5" id="mwPQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwPg">[5]</span></a></sup>