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3000 BCE
Prehistoric epidemic
The epidemic wiped out a prehistoric village in China. -
430 BCE
Plague of Athens
epidemic ravaged the people of Athens and lasted for five years. -
165
Antonine Plague
May have been smallpox, may have killed over 5 million people in the Roman empire. -
250
Plague of Cyprian
estimated to have killed 5,000 people a day in Rome alone -
541
Plague of Justinian
10% of the world's population died -
1346
The Black Death/ Black Plague
1346-1353
Traveled from Asia to Europe Also took out Half of Europe's population. -
1500
American Plagues
16th century
Killed 15 million inhabitants of Mexico and Central America. Started as a fever. -
1545
Cocoliztli epidemic
1545-1548
European Explorers brought it to America -
Great Plague of London
1665-1666
100,000 people, including 15% of the population of London Passed away -
Great Plague of Marseille
1720-1723
the next three years, as many as 100,000 people It's estimated that up to 30% of the population of Marseille population was killed. -
Russian plague
1770-1772
many as 100,000 people died -
Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic
1793
transmitted by mosquitoes and more than 5,000 people had died -
Flu pandemic
1889-1890
1 million people had passed away during the Pandemic. -
American polio epidemic
27,000 cases and 6,000 deaths in the United States -
Spanish Flu
1918-1920
500 million people had the virus and it caused one fifth of those to pass away. -
Asian Flu Pandemic
1957-1958
1.1 million worldwide deaths -
West African Ebola epidemic
2014- 2016
11,325 deaths and to this day the death toll is still growing. -
Zika Virus epidemic
2015-present day
No one has passed away from this Virus -
Corona Virus (covid 19)
2019- present day
1.23M deaths and counting. -
