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This epidemic has been reported to have been the cause of death for approximately "60% of the European population". [10] During the end of the 19th century, there was a plague, known as the Modern Plague, that started in China and spread to different cities through ports, reportedly causing roughly ten million deaths. [10]
In the mid-19th century, the mortality caused by scarlet fever rose in England and Wales. [55] The major outbreak in England and Wales took place during 1825–1885 with high mortality marking this as remarkable. [52] There were several other notable outbreaks across Europe, South America, and the United States in the 19th century. [53]
Tuberculosis (TB) became epidemic in Europe in the 18th and 19th century, showing a seasonal pattern, and is still taking place globally. [19] [20] [21] The morbidity and mortality of TB and HIV/AIDS have been closely linked, known as "TB/HIV syndemic".
The Foreign Office representative at Army High Command 6 noted on 25.03.1942 that according to reports reaching municipal authorities at least 50 people were dying of hunger every day, and that the true number might be much higher as in many cases the cause of death was stated as "unknown" and besides many deaths were not reported. [136]
His death is considered the only credible case of death-by-meteorite. [44] [45] [46] Isaack Rabbanovitch August 1891: A bear walked into the barkeep's inn in Vilna, Russia (now part of Lithuania) and picked up a keg of vodka. When he tried to take it back, he was hugged to death by the intoxicated bear along with his two sons and daughter.
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The widespread hunger and starvation is commonly thought to be a cause of political changes during the mid 19th century. The Revolutions of 1848 saw widespread dissatisfaction among European peasants who saw a decline in their standard of living and so, along with other reasons, led many to join revolutions in various countries.
Cholera caused more deaths than any other epidemic disease in the 19th-century, [2] and as such, researchers consider it a defining epidemic disease of the century. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The medical community now believes cholera to be exclusively a human disease, spread through many means of travel during the time, and transmitted through warm fecal ...