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1500-1800
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Yellow Fever Philadelphia
The Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia killed approximately 5,000 people, roughly 10 percent of the city popu...
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London in 1665 was the last major bubonic plague outbreak in England. The plague killed approximatel...
Smallpox Americas
The introduction of smallpox to the Americas by European colonizers caused one of the largest demographic catastrophes i...
Boston Smallpox 1721
The 1721 Boston smallpox epidemic infected more than half of the approximately 10,600 residents and killed about 844. Du...
Tuberculosis Europe
Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in industrializing Europe and America in the 18th and 19th centuries, earnin...
Scurvy Age of Sail
Scurvy, caused by vitamin C deficiency, is often said to have killed more sailors during the Age of Sail than warfare, s...