18 events with tag "epidemic"
1129
ID: 5258
Burning sickness (ergotism) epidemic ends - after Genevieve's relics carried in procession, 14,000 cured, annual feast established
ID: 5258
1775
ID: 588
Boston smallpox epidemic begins, becomes severe after 1774 isolated incidents
ID: 588
1776
ID: 592
Smallpox epidemic affects Revolutionary War - soldiers refuse reenlistment, Washington restricts Boston access, Adams family inoculated
ID: 592
1778
ID: 602
Smallpox devastates Plains Indians - Oglala Lakota designate 1780-81 as 'Many died of smallpox'
ID: 602
1832
ID: 796
Paris cholera epidemic kills 120,000 people, 7,000 in Paris alone
ID: 796
1844
ID: 849
Major smallpox epidemic - 1/3 of vaccinated contract mild smallpox, 8% die, more admissions than 1781
ID: 849
1849
ID: 878
Cholera hits London - 14,137 deaths, worst in London's history
ID: 878
1854
ID: 903
Chicago cholera outbreak kills 3,500 people - 5.5% of population
ID: 903
1855
ID: 906
Yellow fever devastates Norfolk, Virginia
ID: 906
1872
ID: 987
Boston experiences worst epidemic since vaccination began - 1,040 deaths
ID: 987
1873
ID: 993
Memphis hit by yellow fever, smallpox, and cholera simultaneously
ID: 993
1902
ID: 1151
Major foot-and-mouth epidemic traced to contaminated cowpox vaccine - 244 herds infected, 3,872 cattle slaughtered
ID: 1151
1907
ID: 1172
1.25 million typhoid cases in United States (1907-1911)
ID: 1172
1908
ID: 1179
Second foot-and-mouth epidemic from contaminated Japanese vaccine
ID: 1179
1916
ID: 1241
New York Epidemic: 25% case fatality rate polio (vs <1% natural)
ID: 1241
1917
ID: 1258
Russian Revolution typhus epidemic begins: 25 million cases over next 4 years
ID: 1258
1919
ID: 1281
Poland typhus: 120,000 cases in July alone
ID: 1281
2008
ID: 3164
Australia pertussis epidemic: New genotype emerges under vaccine pressure
ID: 3164