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  2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    France Bubonic plague: 100,000+ [98] 1721 Boston smallpox outbreak: 1721–1722 Massachusetts Bay Colony: Smallpox: 844 [99] 1730 Cádiz yellow fever epidemic 1730 Cádiz, Spain Yellow fever: 2,200 [100] 1732–1733 Thirteen Colonies influenza epidemic 1732–1733 Thirteen Colonies: Influenza: Unknown [101] 1733 New France smallpox epidemic ...

  3. 17th century - Wikipedia

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    The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC).. It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, [1] the French Grand Siècle dominated by Louis ...

  4. Social history of viruses - Wikipedia

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    The pandemic began after Roman soldiers who were sent to suppress an uprising in what is now Iraq, plundered the city of Seleucia on the river Tigris and at the same time were infected. They brought the disease back to Rome and Europe where up to 5,000 people a day were fatally infected. At its height, the pandemic reached India and China. [25]

  5. COVID-19 pandemic in Europe - Wikipedia

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    The global COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Europe with its first confirmed case in Bordeaux, France, on 24 January 2020, and subsequently spread widely across the continent. By 17 March 2020, every country in Europe had confirmed a case, [ 3 ] and all have reported at least one death, with the exception of Vatican City .

  6. Early modern Europe - Wikipedia

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    Abraham Ortelius: Map of Europe, 1595. Early modern Europe, also referred to as the post-medieval period, is the period of European history between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the mid 15th century to the late 18th century.

  7. COVID-19 pandemic in France - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in 39,012,691 [1] confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 168,142 [1] deaths. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. The first five confirmed cases were all individuals who had recently arrived from ...

  8. France in the early modern period - Wikipedia

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    France on the eve of the modern era (1477). The red line denotes the boundary of the French kingdom, while the light blue the royal domain. In the mid 15th century, France was significantly smaller than it is today, [a] and numerous border provinces (such as Roussillon, Cerdagne, Calais, Béarn, Navarre, County of Foix, Flanders, Artois, Lorraine, Alsace, Trois-Évêchés, Franche-Comté ...

  9. Second plague pandemic - Wikipedia

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    Malta suffered from a number of plague outbreaks during the second pandemic between the mid-14th and early 19th centuries. The most severe outbreak was the epidemic of 1675–1676 , which killed around 11,300 people, [ 68 ] followed by the epidemic of 1813–1814 and that of 1592–1593 , which killed around 4,500 and 3,000 people respectively.