There have been a number of influenza epidemics documented since 1732: 1732-33, 1761, 1775-6(severe), 1793 (very severe), 1847-8, 1850-1, 1857-9, 1873-5, and 1918 (severe, spread by WW1 soldiers). Other epidemics: Measles 1759, and 1772. Cholera 1831-3 (asiatic; brought by English emigrants), and 1848-9. Yellow fever 1841, 1850, 1852, and 1855. Later, Wanda