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Many researchers find their family members disappear from the historic records suddenly with no apparent reason. Many of these disappearances can be attributed to epidemics. This is a listing of the most well known of the epidemics in Britain and the United States.
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Start |
End |
Disease/ Cause |
Location |
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1350 |
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Bubonic Plague |
Worldwide |
|
1499 |
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Bubonic Plague |
London UK |
|
1507 |
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Fever |
UK |
|
1551 |
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Influenza |
UK |
|
1555 |
1563 |
Famine |
UK |
|
1556 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1578 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1586 |
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Bubonic Plague |
Chesterfield UK |
|
1591 |
|
Acute Distress |
UK |
|
1593 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1596 |
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Famine |
UK |
|
1603 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1612 |
|
Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1617 |
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Smallpox |
USA |
|
1623 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1625 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1626 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1628 |
1631 |
Smallpox |
New England USA |
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1630 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
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1631 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1633 |
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Smallpox |
USA |
|
1636 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
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1637 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
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1638 |
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Smallpox & Spotted Fever |
New England USA |
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1647 |
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Yellow Fever |
West Indies |
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1648 |
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Smallpox |
USA |
|
1648 |
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Whooping Cough |
USA |
|
1648 |
1649 |
Smallpox |
Massachusetts Bay Colony USA |
|
1654 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1657 |
1658 |
Measles |
Boston USA |
|
1659 |
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Diphtheria |
Massachusetts Bay Colony USA |
|
1662 |
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Smallpox |
New York USA |
|
1665 |
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Bubonic Plague |
UK |
|
1668 |
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Yellow Fever |
New York USA |
|
1677 |
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Smallpox |
Boston USA |
|
1677 |
1678 |
Smallpox |
Charlestown & Boston USA |
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1679 |
1680 |
Smallpox |
Virginia USA |
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1687 |
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Measles |
Boston USA |
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1689 |
1690 |
Smallpox |
New England USA |
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1690 |
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Yellow Fever |
New York USA |
|
1693 |
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Yellow Fever |
Boston, MA USA |
|
1696 |
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Smallpox |
Jamestown, VA USA |
|
1699 |
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Smallpox |
South Carolina USA |
|
1699 |
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Yellow Fever |
Charleston South Carolina & Philadelphia USA |
|
1702 |
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Scarlet Fever |
Boston USA |
|
1702 |
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Yellow Fever |
New York USA |
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1702 |
1703 |
Smallpox |
Boston, MA USA |
|
1706 |
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Yellow Fever |
Charleston South Carolina USA |
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1711 |
1712 |
Smallpox |
South Carolina USA |
|
1713 |
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Measles |
Boston USA |
|
1715 |
1725 |
Smallpox |
Most of the Colonies |
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1721 |
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