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Bubonic plague would return regularly, but with fewer fatalities, until the 18th century. The last epidemic in France was the Great Plague of Marseille in 1720. [14] The Spanish erected a cordon while the French army surrounded Provence using a third of its infantry and a quarter of its cavalry. [15]
The Great Plague of Marseille, also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille, France, in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the next two years and another 50,000 to the north in surrounding provinces and towns. [1]
Skeletons in a mass grave from 1720 to 1721 in Martigues, near Marseille in southern France, yielded molecular evidence of the orientalis strain of Yersinia pestis, the organism responsible for bubonic plague. The second pandemic of bubonic plague was active in Europe from 1347, the beginning of the Black Death, until 1750.
Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. [1] One to seven days after exposure to the bacteria, flu-like symptoms develop. [1] These symptoms include fever, headaches, and vomiting, [1] as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes occurring in the area closest to where the bacteria entered the skin. [2]
The bubonic plague is a devastating disease that kills your body from the inside out. 75 million people, including over half of Europe's population, were affected by the disease in the 14th century.
1772–1773 Persian Plague: Bubonic plague 2 million – 1772–1773 Persia: 15 735–737 Japanese smallpox epidemic: Smallpox 2 million 33% of Japanese population [15] 735–737 Japan 16 Naples Plague: Bubonic plague 1.25 million – 1656–1658 Southern Italy 17 1889–1890 pandemic: Influenza or human coronavirus OC43 [16] [17] 1 million ...
The bubonic plague was spread by fleas, not rats It was called the Black Death in the mid-1300s when it caused an epidemic in Europe and Asia that killed 50 million to 200 million people ...
An international team of researchers examined DNA from victims and survivors of the bubonic plague that occurred in the 14th century, wiping out around 50% of the European population.