@ |
id |
death_toll |
event |
Location |
date_range |
disease |
lasted(years) |
|
0069 |
|
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, resurgences |
United States |
1793–1798 |
Yellow fever |
5 |
|
0098 |
> 20,000 |
Typhus epidemic of 1847 |
Canada |
1847–1848 |
Epidemic typhus |
1 |
|
0112 |
|
Third plague pandemic |
Worldwide |
1855–1960 |
Bubonic plague |
105 |
|
0133 |
113 |
Third plague pandemic |
San Francisco |
1900–1904 |
Bubonic plague |
4 |
|
0107 |
1,000,000 |
Third cholera pandemic |
Russia |
1852–1860 |
Cholera |
8 |
|
0011 |
> 10 000 |
Sweating sickness (multiple outbreaks) |
England and later continental Europe |
1485–1551 |
Unknown, possibly an unknown species of hantavirus |
66 |
|
0140 |
up to 100,000,000 |
Spanish flu |
worldwide |
1918–1920 |
Influenza |
2 |
|
0132 |
> 800,000 |
Sixth cholera pandemic |
Europe, Asia, Africa |
1899–1923 |
Cholera |
24 |
|
0149 |
|
Seventh cholera pandemic |
worldwide |
1961–1975 |
Cholera |
14 |
|
0085 |
> 100,000 |
Second cholera pandemic |
Asia, Europe, North America |
1829–1851 |
Cholera |
22 |
|
0165 |
349 |
SARS outbreak |
China |
2002–2004 |
SARS coronavirus |
2 |
|
0166 |
299 |
SARS outbreak |
Hong Kong |
2002–2004 |
SARS coronavirus |
2 |
|
0167 |
37 |
SARS outbreak |
Taiwan |
2002–2004 |
SARS coronavirus |
2 |
|
0168 |
44 |
SARS outbreak |
Canada |
2002–2004 |
SARS coronavirus |
2 |
|
0169 |
33 |
SARS outbreak |
Singapore |
2002–2004 |
SARS coronavirus |
2 |
|
0058 |
> 50,000 |
Russian plague of 1770–1772 |
Russia |
1770–1772 |
Plague |
2 |
|
0005 |
|
Roman Plague of 590 |
Rome |
590 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0006 |
> 100,000 |
Plague of Sheroe |
Ctesiphon, Persia |
627–628 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0004 |
25–50 million; 40% of population |
Plague of Justinian |
Europe ,Egypt and West Asia |
541–542 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0003 |
|
Plague of Cyprian |
Europe |
250–266 |
Unknown, possibly smallpox |
16 |
|
0001 |
75,000–100,000 |
Plague of Athens |
Greece |
429–426 BC |
|
3 |
|
0009 |
|
Plague of 746–747 |
Byzantine Empire , West Asia ,Africa |
746–747 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0007 |
|
Plague of 664 |
British Isles |
664–689 |
Plague |
22 |
|
0064 |
|
North American smallpox epidemic |
Plains Indians |
1780–1782 |
Smallpox |
2 |
|
0029 |
|
Naples Plague |
Italy |
1656 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0185 |
|
Mweka ebola epidemic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
2007 |
Ebola |
1 |
|
0205 |
|
Mumps outbreaks in the 2000s |
Worldwide |
2009 |
Mumps |
1 |
|
0024 |
|
Massachusetts smallpox epidemic |
Thirteen Colonies |
1633 |
Smallpox |
1 |
|
0154 |
|
London flu |
United States |
1972–1973 |
Influenza |
1 |
|
0022 |
280,000 |
Italian plague of 1629–1631 |
Italy |
1629–1631 |
Plague |
2 |
|
0151 |
1,000,000 |
Hong Kong flu |
worldwide |
1968–1969 |
Influenza |
1 |
|
0156 |
> 30,000,000 |
HIV/AIDS pandemic |
worldwide |
1960–present |
HIV/AIDS |
60 |
|
0208 |
9,985 (May 2017) |
Haiti cholera outbreak |
Hispaniola |
2010–present |
Cholera |
10 |
|
0082 |
|
Groningen epidemic |
Netherlands |
1829 |
Malaria |
1 |
|
0039 |
> 18,000 (36% of population) |
Great Smallpox Epidemic |
Iceland |
1707–1709 |
Smallpox |
2 |
|
0035 |
76,000 |
Great Plague of Vienna |
Austria |
1679 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0027 |
|
Great Plague of Seville |
Spain |
1647–1652 |
Plague |
5 |
|
0043 |
|
Great Plague of Marseille |
France |
1720–1722 |
Plague |
2 |
|
0032 |
100,000 |
Great Plague of London |
England |
1665–1666 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0049 |
> 50,000 |
Great Plague of 1738 |
Balkans |
1738 |
Plague |
1 |
|
0040 |
|
Great Northern War plague outbreak |
Denmark,Sweden |
1710–1712 |
Plague |
2 |
|
0117 |
|
Fourth cholera pandemic |
Middle East |
1863–1879 |
Cholera |
16 |
|
0078 |
> 100,000 |
First cholera pandemic |
Asia, Europe |
1816–1826 |
Cholera |
10 |
|
0127 |
> 9,000 |
Fifth cholera pandemic |
India, Germany |
1881–1896 |
Cholera |
15 |
|
0214 |
>> 11,300 |
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa |
Worldwide, primarily concentrated in West Africa |
2013–2016 |
Ebola virus disease |
3 |
|
0143 |
43 |
Croydon epidemic of typhoid fever |
Croydon, UK |
1937 |
Typhoid fever |
1 |
|
0014 |
2–2.5 million (50% of population) |
Cocoliztli epidemic of 1576 |
Mexico |
1576–1580 |
Possibly Salmonella enterica |
4 |
|
0012 |
5–15 million (80% of population) |
Cocoliztli Epidemic of 1545–1548 |
Mexico |
1545–1548 |
Possibly Salmonella enterica |
3 |
|
0109 |
4,737 |
Cholera epidemic of Copenhagen 1853 |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
1853 |
Cholera |
1 |
|
0182 |
|
Chikungunya outbreaks |
India |
2006 |
Chikungunya virus |
1 |
|