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The Great Plague of 1738 was an outbreak of the bubonic plague between 1738 and 1740 that affected areas of the Habsburg Empire, now in the modern nations of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Czechia, and Austria. Although no exact figure is available, the epidemic likely killed over 50,000 people. [citation needed]
The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille , France , in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the next two years and another 50,000 to the north in surrounding provinces and towns.
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About this list: Movies taking place during and incorporating narrative regarding the historical Black Death (aka the Plague) pandemic. This is primarily regarding the (mostly bubonic) plague pandemic caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis which swept Afro-Eurasia from 1346 to 1353.
The Great Plague: With Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave, John Sergeant, Vanessa Harding. A look at the Great Plague in London 1665 and a comparison to the spreading of the Covid-19 virus of today.
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The Great Plague of 1738 was a pandemic of plague lasting 1738–40 and affecting areas in the modern nations of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, and Austria. The Russian plague epidemic of 1770-1772 killed as many as 100,000 people in Moscow alone, with thousands more dying in the surrounding countryside.
Key points. The Black Death killed many people in the 1340s and 1350s. In 1665, another plague outbreak arrived in England. This is often referred to as the ‘Great Plague.’. During the outbreak...
Xand van Tulleken, Raksha Dave and John Sergeant trace the spread of the Great Plague of 1665 week by week and discover parallels with the coronavirus.
