Diseases in History
1641 Ming Plague
1,000,000 die in China of Bubonic Plague, Ming Collapse
1899 Cholera Pandemic 6
1,000,000 die in India, MENA and Europe over 10 years
1629 Italian Plague
1,000,000 die in Milan and other cities of Bubonic Plague
1968 Hong Kong Flu
1,000,000 die worldwide
1889 Flu Pandemic
1,000000 die worldwide of "Asiatic Flu", vectors mapped
1852 Cholera Pandemic 3
1,100,000 die mostly in Russia; in Britain John Snow finds well
1596 Plague of Seville
1,200,000 die in Spain of three rounds of Bubonic Plague
1617 Great Dying: North
1,500,000 North American Indians die over 200 years f Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, Measles, Chickenpox, Hepatitis, and Typhus
2010 Haitian Cholera
10,000 die in Haiti of Cholera in aftermath of earthquake
1881 Cholera Pandemic 5
10,000 die in India and Europe, Robert Koch est. germ theory
1577 Black Assizes
10,000 die of 'Goal Fever' (typhus) in English prisons and courts
1771 Russian Plague
100,000 die in Moscow and a "plague Riot" furthers the trouble
1720 Plague of Marseilles
100,000 die in Southern France of Bubonic Plague
1665 Plague of London
100,000 die in a year, mass exodus from city
429 B.C. Plague of Athens
100,000 including Pericles die of Typhus during Peloponnesian War
1346 The Black Death
100,000,000 die of Bubonic Plague- worst pandemic of all time
1900 Frisco Plague
113 die, city freaks out
2013 West African Ebola
12,000 or more die of hemorrhagic Ebola outbreak
1545 Cocoliztli Epidemic 1
12,000,000 indigenous Americans die of hemorrhagic Ebola
1817 Cholera Pandemic 1
150,00 people die from China to India to europe
1566 Typhoid Epidemic
2,000,000 die across Mesoamerica of Typhoid Fever
1576 Cocoliztli Epidemic 2
2,000,000 die in New Spain (Mexico) of hemorrhagic Ebola
1957 Asian Flu
2,000,000 die worldwide
1555 Brazilian Smallpox
2,000,000 indigenous Brazilians die over 20 years
1489 Granada Typhus
20,000 Moorish and Spanish soldiers die of Typhus at Granada
1855 Plague Pandemic
20,000,000 die, 12m in India alone, of Bubonic Plague
1527 Great Dying: Incas
200,00 die in South America of Smallpox and Flu
1708 Northern Plague
200,000 die during Great Northern War of Bubonic Plague
1829 Cholera Pandemic 2
200,000 people die of Asiatic Cholera, half in Russia
1507 Great Dying: Carib.
3,000,000 Taino and Caribs die over two decades of Flu and other
1919 Russian Typhus
3,000,000 die of Typhus during Russian Civil War
1916 European Typhus
3,000,000 die of Typhus on the Eastern Front during WWI
250 Plague of Cyprian
3,500,000 die of Smallpox in Roman Empire; diffused on Silk Road
1847 Coffin Ships
30,00 Irish and others die on the way to America of Typhus
1960 AIDS Pandemic
30,000,000 dead mostly in Africa but now worldwide
1961 Cholera Pandemic 7
300,000 people die but spur preventative measures
541 Plague of Justinian
40,000,000 die of Bubonic Plague in Byzantium; weakening it
2008 Zimbabwe Cholera
5,000 die of Cholera outbreak in Southern Africa
165 A.D. Antonine Plague
5,000,000 die of Smallpox in Roman Empire; diffused on Silk Road
1812 Napoleonic Epidemic
50,000 French soldiers die of Typhus returning from Russia
1864 Civil War Fever
55,000 die of Typhoid including Lincoln's son; 13k at Andersonville
1738 Balkan Plague
60,000 die in the Balkans of Bubonic Plague
1863 Cholera Pandemic 4
700,000 die in MENA and Europe, 50k in USA
1875 Fiji Epidemic
75,000 die of measles in Fiji
1918 Spanish Flu
75,000,000 die worldwide in nastiest Flu outbreaks (H1N1)
1679 Plague of Vienna
76,000 die in a year, mass exodus from city
1520 Great Dying: Aztecs
8,000,000 die in Mexico and Caribbean of Smallpox and Flu
2009 Swine Flu
9,000 die worldwide of Swine Flu, like Spanish Flu
1633 Colonial Epidemics
American Colonies are hit with smallpox and measles 10 times
1945 European Typhus
Millions die of Typhus in Europe during WWII
1789 Australian Smallpox
thousands of Aboriginals Australians and New Zealanders die
