Page 2: Natural Disasters & Epidemics
Wednesday, 25 December 2024
1600 Malaria in South America
1603 plague in England
1609 Plague in Egypt
1616 New England epidemic in Southern New England, especially the Wampanoag people killing 30-90% of population people
1629 italian plague of 1629-1631 in Italy killing 280,000 people
1630 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
1633 massachusetts smallpox epidemic in Thirteen Colonies
1636 plague in England
1641 plague in China
1647 Great Plague of Seville in Spain
1648 yellow fever in Central America
1656 Naples Plague in Italy
1657 Measles in Thirteen Colonies
1665 Great Plague of London in England killing 100,000 people
1667 a deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha, in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
1669 arnold Geulincx, South Neth philosopher (Cholera), dies at 45
1675 malta plague epidemic in Malta killing 11,300 people
1676 plague in Spain
1677 the first medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1679 Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people
1687 Unknown, possibly Influenza in South Africa
1687 measles in Thirteen Colonies
1690 Yellow fever in Thirteen Colonies
1694 Queen Mary II of England dies of smallpox after five years of joint rule with her husband, King William III
1702 smallpox in Canada, New France
1707 Great Smallpox Epidemic in Iceland killing 18,000+ (36% of population) people
1710 great Northern War plague outbreak in Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania
1713 Measles in Thirteen Colonies
1714 measles in Canada, New France
1720 "Le Grand St Antoine" reaches Marseille, plague kills 80,000
1720 Great Plague of Marseille in France killing 100,000+ people
1721 Smallpox vaccination 1st administrated
1721 dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America
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