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Feb 4, 2020 · Cholera, bubonic plague, malaria, leprosy, smallpox, and influenza have been some of the most deadly killers in the world. Here are 10 of the worst pandemics in history. 1. The Plague at Athens (430-427 BC) The earliest recorded pandemic took place in the second year of the Peloponnesian War.
Nov 15, 2021 · History’s Seven Deadliest Plagues. SARS-CoV-2 has officially claimed 5 million lives, but credible estimates place the pandemic’s true death toll closer to 17 million. Either count secures COVID-19’s position on our list of history’s deadliest plagues. A masquerade historical scene reconstruction. Plague doctor in medieval old town.
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Victims of the bubonic plague, in a mass grave in Martigues, France. Wikimedia Commons. Here are 20 of history’s most devastating plagues and epidemics: An archaeological site containing bones belonging to a female victim of a plague pandemic dated approximately 5,000 years ago.
Mar 14, 2020 · Today’s visualization outlines some of history’s most deadly pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to the current COVID-19 event. A Timeline of Historical Pandemics Disease and illnesses have plagued humanity since the earliest days, our mortal flaw.
Apr 7, 2020 · History Today, a monthly magazine of historical writing published in London, calls this pandemic “the greatest catastrophe ever.” The number of deaths — 200 million — is just astounding.
Jan 16, 2023 · 1576 | Cocoliztli epidemic. 1629 | Italian plague. 1656 | Naples Plague. 1772 | Persian Plague. Modern. 1846 | Cholera pandemic. 1855 | Third plague pandemic. 1889 | Flu pandemic. 1918 | Influenza pandemic. 1918 | Russia typhus epidemic. 1957 | Influenza pandemic.
May 28, 2020 · Twelve ships from the Black Sea docked in Sicily in 1347, kicking off one of the world’s most infamous pandemics. Most of the sailors aboard were dead, covered in pus-and-blood-filled black ...
