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History > 17th century > England
The Plague Year 1665-66
‘Pandemics don’t always trigger social unrest, but they can do.’
The title artwork from a 17th century pamphlet on the effects of the plague on London.
Photograph: Science History Images/Alamy Stock Photo
Inequality doesn't just make pandemics worse – it could cause them Historically, disease outbreaks have happened at a time of social inequality and discord G Sun 12 Apr 2020 12.00 BST Last modified on Sun 12 Apr 2020 12.27 BST
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The Great Plague, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England.
It happened within the centuries-long Second Pandemic, a period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics which originated in China in 1331, the first year of the Black Death, an outbreak which included other forms such as pneumonic plague, and lasted until 1750.
The Great Plague killed an estimated 100,000 people —almost a quarter of London's population— in 18 months.
The plague was caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, which is usually transmitted through the bite of an infected rat flea.
The 1665–66 epidemic was on a far smaller scale than the earlier Black Death pandemic; it was remembered afterwards as the "great" plague mainly because it was the last widespread outbreak of bubonic plague in England during the 400-year Second Pandemic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London - 12 April 2020
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