Rinderpest Timeline By Mya Mikkelsen 1000 BCE Started 1750 Dairyman in Europe experimented with early from of inoculation 1887 Africa infected 1923 Australia Infected 1945 Modern Eradication Campaign started 1960 African Buffalo population increased 1960 African cattle started getting vaccinated 1979 Thought the disease ended 2001 Last known case 2011 2011 Declared gone