The plague is thought to have returned at intervals with varying virulence<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virulence>and mortality until the 18th century. [6] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#cite_note-5> On its return in 1603, for example, the plague killed 38,000 Londoners.[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#cite_note-6>Other notable 17th-century outbreaks were the Italian Plague of 1629–1631<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Plague_of_1629%E2%80%931631>, and the Great Plague of Seville<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Seville>(1647–1652), the Great Plague of London <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_London>(1665–1666), [8] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#cite_note-7> and the Great Plague of Vienna <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Vienna>(1679). There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form, after the Great Plague of Marseille<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_Marseille>in 1720–1722, [9] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#cite_note-8> the Great Plague of 1738 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plague_of_1738> (which hit Eastern Europe), and the Russian plague of 1770-1772<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_plague_of_1770-1772>, it seems to have gradually disappeared from Europe. By the early 19th century, the threat of plague had diminished, but it was quickly replaced by a new disease. The Asiatic cholera<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cholera_pandemic>was the first of several cholera <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera> pandemics to sweep through Asia and Europe during the 19th and 20th centuries.[10]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#cite_note-9> >From Wikipaedia ... submitted by Aida Kraus-Baumbusch On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:15 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > What would an morbo nigro mean in a 1792 death record? > > The Black Death? > > I cannot find even one reference to it on google. > > Thanks. > > Paul > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >