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This article is a list of major epidemics.

Worldwide Pandemics

Regional

Asia

  • 1829-1835: plague - Persia
  • 1957-1958: avian influenza: Asian flu
  • 1968-1969: avian influenza: Hong Kong flu
  • 1994: plague - India
  • 1997: avian influenza - China, Hong Kong
  • 2002-2003: SARS
  • 2004: dengue fever - Indonesia
  • 2006: dengue fever - Philippines
  • 2007: cholera - Iraq

    Africa

  • 1840: smallpox - Cape Town
  • 1896-1906: sleeping sickness - Congo basin
  • 1900-1920: sleeping sickness - Uganda
  • 2006: plague - Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 2006: cholera - Luanda, Angola
  • 2007: ebola - Mweka, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 2007: ebola - Uganda

    Central and South America

  • 1493: influenza - Hispaniola
  • 1518: smallpox - Hispaniola
  • 1520: smallpox - Mexico
  • 1527-1530: smallpox - Peru
  • 1530-1531: measles - Mexico, Peru
  • 1546: typhus - Mexico, Peru
  • 1558-1559: influenza - Mexico, Peru
  • early 1600s: malaria
  • 1648: yellow fever
  • 1990s: cholera

    Europe

  • 1347-1351: Black Death
  • 1428: plague - London, England
  • 1466: plague - Paris, France
  • 1489: typhus - Granada, Spain
  • 1485: sweating sickness - England
  • 1494-1495: plague - Iceland
  • 1498: plague - England
  • 1509-1510: plague - England
  • 1527: plague - Germany
  • 1557: plague - Valencia, Spain
  • 1563-1564: plague - England
  • 1570: plague - Moscow, Russia
  • 1574: plague - Edinburgh, Scotland
  • 1596-1602 - plague - Spain
  • 1603: plague - London, England
  • 1630: Great Plague of Milan - Milan, Italy
  • 1630-1631 - plague - Venice, Italy
  • 1636: plague - Newcastle, England
  • 1647-1652: Great Plague of Seville - Spain
  • 1656: plague - Naples, Italy
  • 1663-1664: plague - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 1665: Great Plague of London - London, England
  • 1668: plague - France
  • 1676-1685 - plague - Spain
  • 1679: Great Plague of Vienna - Vienna, Austria
  • 1710-1711: plague - Stockholm, Sweden
  • 1720-1722: Great Plague of Marseille - France
  • 1743: plague - Messina, Italy
  • 1771: plague - Moscow, Russia
  • 1813: plague - Bucharest, Romania
  • 1816-1819: typhus - Ireland
  • 1832: cholera - London, Paris
  • 1866-1867: cholera - Russia, Germany
  • 1870-1871: smallpox - Germany
  • 1881-1896: cholera - Hamburg, Germany
  • 1918-1922: typhus - Russia
  • 1972: smallpox - Yugoslavia

    Egypt

  • 1801: plague
  • 1831: cholera
  • 1834-1836: plague
  • 1848, 1865, 1881: cholera
  • 1902: cholera
  • 1942-1944: falciparum malaria
  • 1946: relapsing fever
  • 1947: cholera

    North America

  • 1657: measles - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1687: measles - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1690: yellow fever - New York, New York
  • 1713: measles - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1721-1722:smallpox - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1729: measles - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1738: smallpox - South Carolina
  • 1739-1740: measles - Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1747: measles - Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
  • 1759: measles - North America
  • 1761: influenza - North America and West Indies
  • 1772: measles - North America
  • 1775: unknown cause - North America, particularly in the northeast
  • 1783: bilious disorder - Dover, Delaware
  • 1788: measles - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York
  • 1793: influenza and "putrid fever" - Vermont
  • 1793: influenza - Virginia
  • 1793: yellow fever - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1793: unknown - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • 1793: unknown - Middletown, Pennsylvania
  • 1794: yellow fever - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1796-1797: yellow fever - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1798: yellow fever - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1803: yellow fever - New York
  • 1820-1823: fever - United States spreading from the Schuylkill River
  • 1831-1832: Asiatic cholera - United States (brought by English immigrants)
  • 1832: cholera - New York City and other major cities
  • 1833: cholera - Columbus, Ohio
  • 1834: cholera - New York City
  • 1837: typhus - Philadelphia
  • 1841: yellow fever - United States (especially severe in the South)
  • 1847: yellow fever New Orleans
  • 1848-1849: cholera - North America
  • 1849: cholera New York
  • 1850: yellow fever - United States
  • 1850-1851: influenza - North America
  • 1851: cholera Coles County, Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri
  • 1852: yellow fever - United States (New Orleans-8,000 die in summer)
  • 1855: yellow fever - United States
  • 1860-1861: smallpox - Pennsylvania
  • 1865-1873: smallpox - Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, New Orleans
  • 1865-1873: cholera - Baltimore, Maryland, Memphis, Washington, DC
  • 1865-1873: recurring epidemics of typhus, typhoid, scarlet fever, and yellow fever
  • 1873-1875: influenza - North America and Europe
  • 1876: smallpox - Deadwood, South Dakota
  • 1878: yellow fever - Memphis, New Orleans
  • 1885: typhoid - Plymouth, Pennsylvania
  • 1886: yellow fever - Jacksonville, Florida
  • 1918-1920: Spanish flu - Fort Riley, KansasFurther Information

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