Epidemics Year Ailment Place Extra info 1350 Bubonic plague WW* 1499 Bubonic plague UK London 1507 "Fever" UK* 1507-51 1551 Influenza UK 1555 Famine UK Rains brought famine & weakness 1556 Bubonic plague UK *1556-63 Extreme 1578 Bubonic plague UK 1586 Bubonic plague UK*Chesterfield. Harvest failed 1591 Acute distress UK 1593 Bubonic plague UK 1596 Famine UK* Harvests failed & epidemics 1603 Bubonic plague UK 1612 Bubonic plague UK 1617 Smallpox US *Native Indians 1623 Bad years UK 2 years 1625 Bubonic plague UK 1626 Bubonic plague UK 1630 Very bad year UK Many died 1631 Bubonic plague UK 1633 Smallpox US *Native Indians 1636 Bubonic plague UK 1637 Bubonic plague UK 1647 Yellow FeverWest Indies 1648 Smallpox US 1648 Whooping coughUS 1654 Bubonic plague UK 1657 Measles US Boston 1662 Smallpox US NY 1665 Bubonic plague UK Extreme 1666 Bubonic plague UK Eyam 1668 Yellow Fever US NY 1677 Smallpox US *Boston 1687 Measles US Boston 1690 Yellow Fever US NY 1699 Yellow Fever US SC 1702 Yellow Fever US *NY 1702 Scarlet Fever US Boston 1706 Yellow Fever US SC 1713 Measles US Boston 1721 Smallpox US Boston 1723 Influenza WW 1723 Famine UK *7 years poor harvests & epidemics 1728 Yellow Fever US SC 1729 Measles US Boston 1732 Yellow Fever US SC 1732 Influenza WW* 1735 Diphtheria/scarlet feverUS *4 yrs -New England 1738 Smallpox US S.Carolina 1739 Measles US *Boston 1743 Yellow Fever US *NY 1747 Measles US CT, NY, PA, SC 1759 Measles US North America 1761 Influenza US& West Indies 1763 Smallpox US*Boston 1772 Measles US 1775 Influenza WW* 1783 Bilious disorder US Fatal 1788 Measles US PA, NY 1789 Influenza US 1792 Yellow Fever US *7 yrs 1793 Unknown US PA 1793 Influenza US Vermont, Virginia 1802 Smallpox US Nebraska 1803 Yellow Fever US NY 1820 "Fever" US* 1826 Cholera WW *1826-37 1826 Dengue Fever US* and West Indies 1829 Malaria US* 1831 Cholera UK Started WW 1826 1831 Cholera US* 1832 Influenza US 1833 Cholera US Ohio 1834 Cholera US NY 1837 Typhus US PA 1837 Smallpox US Indians 1841 Yellow Fever US 1847 Measles US Indians 1847 Yellow Fever US NO 1847 Influenza WW* 1848 Cholera WW* 1850 Yellow Fever US 1850 Influenza US* 1850 Dengue Fever US* 1851 Cholera US IL 1852 Yellow Fever US NO 1853 Cholera Birmingham?This came from a UK report with the ? 1855 Yellow Fever US 1857 Influenza WW* 1860 Smallpox US* Pennsylvania 1861 Epidemics US* Civil war numerous infectious diseases 1865 Smallpox US* 1865 Cholera US 1865 Typhus US* 1868 Smallpox US* 7 yrs 1873 Influenza UK* N. America & Europe 1873 Cholera US 1878 Yellow Fever US NO 1885 Typhoid US PA 1886 Yellow Fever US FL 1889 Influenza WW* 1893 Polio US 1st known outbreak 1900 Plague US* 1901 Smallpox US* 1907 Polio US *9 yrs. 1917 Influenza WW* Worst ever 1931 Polio US 1942 Polio US 11 yrs * - means the epidemic is spread over more than one year. WW means world wide