This article is a
list of major epidemics.
Worldwide pandemics
The following are
epidemics which spread
across several continents.
Regional
Asia
Africa
Australia
Central and South America
Europe
- 1400 BC: European plague killed 90% of the population
- 430 BC: Plague of Athens
- 1347 – 1351: Black Death
- 1426:
Black Death in England –
London
- 1466:
plague – Paris
, France
- 1489:
typhus – Granada
, Spain
- 1485:
sweating sickness – England
- 1494
– 1495: plague – Iceland
- 1498:
plague – England
- 1509
– 1510: plague – England
- 1527:
plague – Germany
- 1528:
English sweate - England
- 1557:
plague – Valencia
, Spain
- 1560:
plague – Istanbul
, the Ottoman
capital
- 1563
– 1564: plague – England
- 1570:
plague – Moscow
, Russia
- 1574:
plague – Edinburgh
, Scotland
- 1596
– 1602: plague – Spain
- 1603:
plague – London, England
- 1630:
Great Plague of Milan –
Milan
, Italy
- 1630
– 1631: plague – Venice
, Italy
- 1636:
plague – Newcastle
, England
- 1647
– 1652: Great Plague of
Seville – Spain
- 1656:
plague – Naples
, Italy
- 1663
– 1664: plague – Amsterdam
, Netherlands
- 1665:
Great Plague of London –
London, England
- 1668:
plague – France
- 1676
– 1685: plague – Spain
- 1679:
Great Plague of Vienna –
Vienna
, Austria
- 1710
– 1711: plague – Stockholm
, Sweden
- 1720
– 1722: Great Plague of
Marseille – France
- 1730:
yellow fever - Cadiz
, Spain
- 1738: Great Plague of 1738
- Balkans
- 1743:
plague – Messina
, Italy
- 1770
– 1772: Russia
(Russian plague of
1770-1772)
- 1778:
dengue fever - Cadiz, Spain
- 1800
– 1803: yellow fever - Spain
- 1812:
plague – Istanbul, Ottoman
Empire
- 1813:
plague – Malta
- 1813:
plague – Bucharest
, Romania
- 1816
– 1819: typhus – Ireland
- 1821:
yellow fever - Barcelona
, Spain
- 1829:
malaria - Groningen epidemic in Netherlands
- 1832:
cholera – London, Paris
- 1840: plague – Dalmatia
- 1857:
yellow fever - Lisbon
, Portugal
- 1866
– 1867: cholera – Russia
, Germany
- 1870
– 1871: smallpox – Germany
- 1881
– 1896: cholera – Hamburg
, Germany
- 1918
– 1922: typhus – Russia
- 1972: Smallpox outbreak in
Yugoslavia
- 2009: mumps - Ireland (Mumps
outbreaks in the 2000s)
- 2009
– present: swine influenza Britain
North America
- 1520: smallpox – Mexico
- 1576: haemorrhagic fever – Mexico
- 1592 – 1596: measles – Seneca Indians
- 1617
– 1619: smallpox – Massachusetts Bay
area
- 1630: smallpox – Hurons of Ontario
- 1634: smallpox – Indians living along
the Connecticut River
- 1633: smallpox – Plymouth
Colony
- 1657: measles – Boston,
Massachusetts
- 1687: measles – Boston,
Massachusetts
- 1690: yellow
fever – New
York, New York
- 1713: measles – Boston,
Massachusetts
- 1713
– 1715: measles – Indians of New England
and the Great Lakes
- 1721
– 1722: smallpox – Boston, Massachusetts
- 1729: measles – Boston,
Massachusetts
- 1738: smallpox – South Carolina
- 1739
– 1740: measles – Boston, Massachusetts
- 1747: measles – Connecticut
, New
York
, Pennsylvania
, South Carolina
- 1755 – 1756: smallpox – North America
- 1759: measles – North America
- 1761: influenza – North America and
West Indies
- 1770s: smallpox – Northwest Coast Indians
- 1772: measles – North America
- 1775: unknown cause – North America, particularly in the
northeast
- 1780 – 1782: North
American smallpox epidemic – Plains
Indians
- 1783: bilious disorder – Dover,
Delaware
- 1788: measles – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and New
York
- 1788: smallpox – Pueblo
Indians
- 1793: influenza and "putrid fever" –
Vermont
- 1793: influenza – Virginia
- 1793: yellow fever – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Yellow Fever Epidemic of
1793)
- 1793: unknown – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- 1793: unknown – Middletown, Pennsylvania
- 1794: yellow fever – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1796
– 1797: yellow fever – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1798: yellow fever – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1803: yellow fever – New York
- 1820
– 1823: fever – United States
spreading from the Schuylkill River
- 1831
– 1832: Asiatic cholera – United
States (brought by English immigrants)
- 1831 – 1834: smallpox – Plains
Indians
- 1832: cholera – New York City
, Montreal
and other major cities
- 1833: cholera – Columbus, Ohio
- 1834: cholera – New York City
- 1837: typhus –
Philadelphia
- 1837
– 1838: smallpox – Great
Plains
(1837-38
smallpox epidemic)
- 1841: yellow fever – United
States (especially severe in the South)
- 1847: yellow fever New Orleans
- 1848 – 1849: cholera – North America
- 1849: cholera New York
- 1850: yellow fever – United
States
- 1850 – 1851: influenza – North America
- 1851: cholera Coles
County, Illinois
, The Great Plains, and Missouri
- 1852: yellow fever – United
States (New Orleans-8,000 die in summer)
- 1855: yellow fever – United
States
- 1860
– 1861: smallpox – Pennsylvania
- 1862, smallpox - Pacific
Northwest, particularly the British Columbia Coast and Interior
- 1865
– 1873: smallpox – Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, New
Orleans
- 1865
– 1873: cholera – Baltimore, Maryland
, Memphis
, Washington, DC
- 1865 – 1873: recurring epidemics of typhus, typhoid, scarlet fever,
and yellow fever
- 1873 – 1875: influenza – North America
and Europe
- 1876: smallpox – Deadwood, South Dakota
- 1878: yellow fever – Memphis, New
Orleans
- 1885: typhoid – Plymouth, Pennsylvania
- 1886: yellow fever – Jacksonville, Florida
- 1900
– 1904: "Third Pandemic" – San
Francisco
- 1916: poliomyelitis – United States
- 1918
– 1920: Spanish flu – United
States, Canada
, Mexico and Dominican Republic
(Worldwide)
- 1980 – present: HIV/AIDS
(Worldwide)
- 1981
Dengue Fever – Cuba
- 2009 - present: Influenza, H1N1 epidemic (swine flu)
See also
Notes
63. ISBN 9783211808924 The Influenza Viruses Hoyle L 1968 Springer
Verlag
References
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