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It became known afterwards as the "great" plague mainly because it was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the 400-year Second Pandemic. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] London in 1665
Plague had been present in England since the Black Death, infecting various fauna in the countryside, and known as plague since the 15th century. [4] Occasionally Yersinia pestis was transmitted to human society by infectious contact with the fleas of wild animals, with disastrous results for trade, farming, and social life.
Great Northern War plague outbreak (part of the second plague pandemic) 1710–1712 Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania: Bubonic plague: 164,000 [94] [95] 1713–1715 North America measles epidemic 1713–1715 Thirteen Colonies and New France, Canada Measles: Unknown [96] [97] Great Plague of Marseille (part of the second plague pandemic) 1720–1722 France
In the 16th century, the plague hit San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Islands between 1582 and 1583. [17] In the 17th century, there were a series of European "great plague" outbreaks: the Great Plague of Seville between 1647 and 1652, the Great Plague of London between 1665 and 1666, [18] and the Great Plague of Vienna in 1679.
The Great Plague of 1665–66 was the last major outbreak in England. It is best known for the famous Great Plague of London, which killed 100,000 people (20 per cent of the population) in the capital. [102] Other places hit hard included Eyam in Derbyshire, Derby itself and Norwich. [103]
T he plague sounds like something out of a history book. But the disease—nicknamed the “Black Death” or “Great Pestilence”—that killed more than 25 million people, about a third of ...
The Great Plague of London, in 1665, killed up to 100,000 people. A plague doctor and his typical apparel during the 17th-century outbreak. The plague repeatedly returned to haunt Europe and the Mediterranean throughout the 14th to 17th centuries. [169]
The most general outbreaks in Tudor and Stuart England seem to have begun in 1498, 1535, 1543, 1563, 1589, 1603, 1625, and 1636, and ended with the Great Plague of London in 1665. [36] In 1466, perhaps 40,000 people died of plague in Paris. [37] During the 16th and 17th centuries, plague visited Paris for almost one year out of three. [38]