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  2. 1520s - Wikipedia

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    The Bubonic plague spreads in southern France. Printing of the first edition of William Tyndale 's New Testament Bible translation into English in Cologne is interrupted by anti-Lutheran forces and Tyndale flees to Worms [ 154 ] (finished copies reach England in 1526).

  3. History of smallpox - Wikipedia

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    It has been suggested that smallpox was a major component of the Plague of Athens that occurred in 430 BCE, during the Peloponnesian Wars, and was described by Thucydides. Galen's description of the Antonine Plague, which swept through the Roman Empire in 165–180 CE, indicates that it was probably caused by smallpox. [13]

  4. History of smallpox in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Mexico's native population was one of the first to experience a smallpox epidemic, where many succumbed to the disease. In 1520, the first wave of smallpox killed 5-8 million people. From 1545 to 1576, up to 17 million people died from smallpox. This large amount of deaths in the second wave are thought to be the result of hemorrhagic fevers. [5]

  5. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    1350 BC plague of Megiddo c. 1350 BC Megiddo, land of Canaan: Amarna letters EA 244, Biridiya, mayor of Megiddo complains to Amenhotep III of his area being "consumed by death, plague and dust" Unknown [29] Hittite Plague/"Hand of Nergal" c. 1330 BC Near East, Hittite Empire, Alashiya, possibly Egypt: Unknown, possibly Tularemia.

  6. Second plague pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The second plague pandemic was a major series ... after 1520, was ... failed by just five years to see the last recorded death from plague, which happened in ...

  7. 1520 - Wikipedia

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    Year 1520 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events. November 8: Stockholm Bloodbath. January–March ...

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  9. History of plague - Wikipedia

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    The plague killed two-thirds of the inhabitants of Helsinki, [53] and claimed a third of Stockholm's population. [54] Western Europe's last major epidemic occurred in 1720 in Marseilles, [45] in Central Europe the last major outbreaks happened during the plague during the Great Northern War, and in Eastern Europe during the Russian plague of ...