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    From 1592 to 1593, London experienced its last major plague outbreak of the 16th century. During this period, at least 15,000 people died of plague within...
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    The 15921593 Malta plague epidemic was a major outbreak of plague (Maltese: pesta) on the island of Malta, then ruled by the Order of St John. It occurred...
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    epidemic. Due to the long time spans, the first plague pandemic (6th century – 8th century) and the second plague pandemic (14th century – early 19th century)...
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    of bubonic plague. 1563 London plague 15921593 London plague Black Death in England Derby plague of 1665 Great Fire of London Great Plague of Vienna of...
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    The first plague pandemic was the first historically recorded Old World pandemic of plague, the contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis...
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    of 15921593, which killed around 4,500 and 3,000 people respectively. The 1582 Tenerife plague epidemic (also 1582 San Cristóbal de La Laguna plague epidemic)...
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    The plague of Justinian or Justinianic plague (AD 541–549) was an epidemic that afflicted the entire Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Near East, severely...
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  • The Plague of Cyprian was a pandemic that afflicted the Roman Empire from about AD 249 to 262, or 251/2 to 270. The plague is thought to have caused widespread...
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    The Antonine Plague of AD 165 to 180, also known as the Plague of Galen (after Galen, the Greek physician who described it), was a prolonged and destructive...
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  • Order of St John. Between 1592 and 1593, a plague epidemic had killed about 3,000 people on the island. The first cases of plague in this outbreak were detected...
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    Black Death (redirect from Black Plague)
    The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as...
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    The Plague of Athens (Ancient Greek: Λοιμὸς τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, Loimos tôn Athênôn) was an epidemic that devastated the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece...
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    The third plague pandemic was a major bubonic plague pandemic that began in Yunnan, China, in 1855. This episode of bubonic plague spread to all inhabited...
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    The Italian plague of 1629–1631, also referred to as the Great Plague of Milan, was part of the second plague pandemic that began with the Black Death...
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    In 1563, London experienced its worst episode of plague during the sixteenth century. At least 20,136 people in London and surrounding parishes were recorded...
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    to help resist attacks by Indians and English pirates. August – 15921593 London plague breaks out in England. August 9 – English explorer John Davis,...
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    carbuncles that raigne in these times. London: Edward White. CHAP. 1. Of the nature and essence of the Plague McKie R (2021-02-21). "Foot and mouth 20...
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    parishes. Migration from rural areas and London's high birth rates helped the population recover from the 15921593 plague, with an average of 6000 christenings...
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  • ["perspiring plague"], newly come to Ireland. The Annals of Connacht also record this obituary, and the Annals of the Four Masters record "an unusual plague in...
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    The Hittite Plague or Hand of Nergal was an epidemic, possibly of tularemia, which occurred in the mid-to-late 14th century BC. The Hittite Empire stretched...
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    The Great Plague of Vienna occurred in 1679 in Vienna, Austria, the imperial residence of the Austrian Habsburg rulers. From contemporary descriptions...
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  • The 1994 plague in India was an outbreak of bubonic and pneumonic plague in south-central and western India from 26 August to 18 October 1994. 693 suspected...
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    The Manchurian plague was a pneumonic plague that occurred mainly in Manchuria in 1910–1911. It killed 60,000 people, stimulating a multinational medical...
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  • septicemic plague and pneumonic plague, were also present. Second plague pandemic Great Plague of London Great Plague of Vienna Bubonic Plague Black Death...
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    The 1894 Hong Kong plague, part of the third plague pandemic, was a major outbreak of the bubonic plague in Hong Kong. While the plague was harshest in 1894...
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    The Naples Plague was an epidemic of plague in the Kingdom of Naples, lasting from 1656 to 1658. The epidemic affected mostly Central Italy and Southern...
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  • The plague of Amwas (Arabic: طاعون عمواس, romanized: ṭāʿūn ʿAmwās), also spelled plague of Emmaus, was an ancient bubonic plague epidemic that afflicted...
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    Avian influenza (redirect from Fowl plague)
    known as fowl plague) was in 1878 when it was differentiated from other diseases that caused high mortality rates in birds. Fowl plague or Avian Flu also...
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    Death blamed on man, not rats". The Observer. London. Retrieved 3 November 2008. The Great Plague of London, 1665. The Harvard University Library, Open...
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    The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille...
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