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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger (Irish: an Gorta Mór [ənˠ ˈɡɔɾˠt̪ˠə ˈmˠoːɾˠ]), the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, [1] [2] was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland lasting from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a historical social crisis and had a major impact on Irish society and history as a whole. [3]
Typhus appeared again in the late 1830s, and between 1846 and 1849 during the Great Irish Famine. Spreading to England, and called "Irish fever", it was noted for its virulence. It killed people of all social classes, as lice were endemic and inescapable, but it hit particularly hard in the lower or "unwashed" social strata.
The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 (Irish: Bliain an Áir, meaning the Year of Slaughter) in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13% and 20% of the 1740 population of 2.4 million people, which was a proportionately greater loss than during the Great Famine of 1845–1852. [1] [2] [3]
In this commentary piece, William Lambers reflects on the Irish potato famine of the 1840s and urges steps be taken to prevent future famines. In this commentary piece, William Lambers reflects on ...
The Newfoundland Potato Famine, related to the Irish Potato Famine: Newfoundland, present-day Canada: 1849–1850: Demak and Grobogan in central Java, caused by four successive crop failures due to drought. Indonesia: 83,000 [90] 1860–1861 Black Winter of 1860–1861 [91] Qajar Iran: 1860–1861: Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861: India ...
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An influx of Irish immigrants to New York resulted in a typhus outbreak in 1847, with 80% of the cases reported to have been contracted during the Atlantic crossing, and 20% of the cases resulting from secondary spread in the city. 147 cases were treated at the New York Hospital over a seven-week period. The mortality rate was 11%.
The remainder of deaths occurred mainly in France, where 10,000 people are estimated to have died as a result of famine-like conditions. [3] Aside from death from starvation and famine diseases, suffering came in other forms.