Periodically, throughout history, there epidemics have arisen which have taken a devastating toll on the population.
|
Year |
Epidemic |
Location |
Multi-Year |
|
1702 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NY |
Yes |
|
1702 |
Scarlet Fever |
US -- Boston |
No |
|
1706 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- SC |
No |
|
1713 |
Measles |
US -- Boston |
No |
|
1721 |
Smallpox |
US -- Boston |
No |
|
1723 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
No |
|
1723 |
Famine |
United Kingdom |
7 years poor harvests & epidemics |
|
1728 |
Yellow Feaver |
US -- SC |
No |
|
1729 |
Measles |
US -- Boston |
No |
|
1732 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- SC |
No |
|
1732 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1735 |
Diphtheria/Scarlet Fever |
US -- New England |
4 years |
|
1738 |
Smallpox |
US -- SC |
Yes |
|
1739 |
Measles |
US -- Boston |
Yes |
|
1743 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NY |
Yes |
|
1747 |
Measles |
US -- CT, NY, PA, SC |
No |
|
1759 |
Measles |
US |
No |
|
1761 |
Influenza |
US & West Indies |
No |
|
1763 |
Smallpox |
US -- Boston |
Yes |
|
1772 |
Measles |
US |
No |
|
1775 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1783 |
Bilious disorder |
US |
Fatal |
|
1788 |
Measles |
US -- PA, NY |
No |
|
1789 |
Influenza |
US |
7 Years |
|
1793 |
Unknown |
US -- PA |
No |
|
1793 |
Influenza |
US -- VT, VA |
No |
|
1802 |
Smallpox |
US -- NE |
No |
|
1803 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NY |
No |
|
1820 |
"Fever" |
US |
Yes |
|
1826 |
Cholera |
Worldwide |
Through 1837 |
|
1826 |
Dengue Fever |
US & West Indies |
Yes |
|
1829 |
Malaria |
US |
Yes |
|
1831 |
Cholera |
UK then Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1831 |
Cholera |
US |
Yes |
|
1832 |
Influenza |
US |
No |
|
1833 |
Cholera |
US -- OH |
No |
|
1834 |
Cholera |
US -- NY |
No |
|
1837 |
Typhus |
US -- PA |
No |
|
1837 |
Smallpox |
US -- Native Americans |
No |
|
1841 |
Yellow Fever |
US |
No |
|
1847 |
Measles |
US -- Native Americans |
No |
|
1847 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NO |
No |
|
1847 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1848 |
Cholera |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1850 |
Yellow Fever |
US |
No |
|
1850 |
Influenza |
US |
Yes |
|
1850 |
Dengue Fever |
US |
Yes |
|
1851 |
Cholera |
US -- IL |
No |
|
1852 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NO |
No |
|
1853 |
Cholera |
UK -- Birmingham |
No |
|
1855 |
Yellow Fever |
US |
No |
|
1857 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1860 |
Smallpox |
US -- PA |
Yes |
|
1861 |
Epidemics -- infectious diseases |
US -- Civil War |
Yes |
|
1865 |
Smallpox |
US |
Yes |
|
1865 |
Cholera |
US |
No |
|
1865 |
Typhus |
US |
Yes |
|
1868 |
Smallpox |
US |
7 years |
|
1873 |
Influenza |
UK, North America, Europe |
Yes |
|
1873 |
Cholera |
US |
No |
|
1878 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- NO |
No |
|
1885 |
Typhoid |
US -- PA |
No |
|
1886 |
Yellow Fever |
US -- FL |
No |
|
1889 |
Influenza |
Worldwide |
Yes |
|
1893 |
Polio |
US |
1st known outbreak |
|
1900 |
Plague |
US |
Yes |
|
1901 |
Smallpox |
US |
Yes |
|
1907 |
Polio |
US |
9 years |
|
1917 |
Influenza |
Worldwide -- worst ever |
Yes |
|
1931 |
Polio |
US |
No |
|
1942 |
Polio |
US |
11 years |
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