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  2. 536 - Wikipedia

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    Year 536 (Roman numerals: DXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.At the time, it was known as the Year after the Consulship of Belisarius.. In 2018, medieval scholar Michael McCormick nominated 536 as "the worst year to be alive" because of the volcanic winter of 536 caused by a volcanic eruption early in the year, causing average temperatures in Europe and China to ...

  3. Black Death - Wikipedia

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    25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread ...

  4. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal ...

  5. List of wars by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Thirty Years' War: 4–12 million [18] 1618–1648 Anti-Imperial Alliance vs. Imperial Alliance Europe Spanish conquest of Mexico: 10.5 million [19] 1519–1530 Spanish Empire and allies vs. Aztec Empire and allies Mexico Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: 10 million [20] 1533–1572 Spanish Empire vs. Inca Empire: South America Russian Civil War

  6. 1941 - Wikipedia

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    The Correlates of War project estimates this to be the deadliest year in human history in terms of conflict deaths, placing the death toll at 3.49 million. However, the Uppsala Conflict Data Program estimates that the subsequent year, 1942, was the deadliest such year. Death toll estimates for both 1941 and 1942 range from 2.28 to 7.71 million ...

  7. The Great Influenza - Wikipedia

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    The 1918 influenza pandemic has been declared, according to Barry's text, as the 'deadliest plague in history'. The extensiveness of this declaration can be supported through the following statements: "the greatest medical holocaust in history" [2] and "the pandemic ranks with the plague of Justinian and the Black Death as one of the three most destructive human epidemics". [3]

  8. Battle of the Somme - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of the Somme (French: Bataille de la Somme; German: Schlacht an der Somme), also known as the Somme offensive, was a major battle of the First World War fought by the armies of the British Empire and the French Third Republic against the German Empire. It took place between 1 July and 18 November 1916 on both sides of the upper ...

  9. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    COVID-19 is the deadliest pandemic in US history; [361] it was the third-leading cause of death in the US in 2020, behind heart disease and cancer. [362] From 2019 to 2020, US life expectancy dropped by 3 years for Hispanic Americans, 2.9 years for African Americans, and 1.2 years for white Americans. [363]