Great Plague of London

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The Great Plague of London was a devastating outbreak of bubonic plague in 1665–1666 that killed a large portion of the city’s population and marked the last major epidemic of its kind in England.

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instanceOf bubonic plague outbreak ⓘ
epidemic ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Plague ⓘ
Great Plague of 1665 ⓘ
associatedWith flight of the wealthy from London ⓘ
increased use of quarantine laws ⓘ
plague doctors’ beaked masks ⓘ
authorOfRelatedWork Daniel Defoe ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
documentedIn London Bills of Mortality ⓘ
endTime 1666 ⓘ
feature mass graves ⓘ
plague pits ⓘ
red crosses painted on infected houses ⓘ
watchmen guarding quarantined homes ⓘ
followedBy Great Fire of London ⓘ
follows earlier outbreaks of Black Death in Europe ⓘ
hasCause Yersinia pestis ⓘ
bubonic plague ⓘ
historicalSignificance last major outbreak of bubonic plague in England ⓘ
major event of the Stuart period ⓘ
impact economic disruption in London ⓘ
significant demographic decline in London ⓘ
social disruption in London ⓘ
legacy influenced later public health practices in England ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
monarchDuringEvent Charles II of England ⓘ
notableAreaAffected City of London ⓘ
parishes outside the City walls ⓘ
numberOfDeaths about 100000 ⓘ
about one quarter of London’s population ⓘ
partOf Second plague pandemic ⓘ
linked to: Black Death
peakPeriod summer 1665 ⓘ
pointInTime 17th century ⓘ
publicHealthResponse closure of theatres ⓘ
isolation of infected households ⓘ
quarantine measures ⓘ
restrictions on public gatherings ⓘ
use of plague doctors ⓘ
relatedWork A Journal of the Plague Year ⓘ
significantEvent mass mortality in London ⓘ
startTime 1665 ⓘ
symptom chills ⓘ
delirium ⓘ
fever ⓘ
swollen lymph nodes (buboes) ⓘ
vomiting ⓘ
transmittedBy fleas ⓘ
rats ⓘ

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Black Death → alsoKnownAs → Great Plague ⓘ
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Great Plague of London → alsoKnownAs → Great Plague ⓘ
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Great Plague of London → alsoKnownAs → Great Plague of 1665 ⓘ
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys → describesEvent → Great Plague of London ⓘ
The Diary of Samuel Pepys → subjectMatter → Great Plague ⓘ
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Great Fire of London → precededBy → Great Plague of London ⓘ
Restoration (England) → keyEvent → Great Plague of London ⓘ
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Charles II of England → notableEvent → Great Plague of London ⓘ
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Annus Mirabilis → describesEvent → Great Plague of London ⓘ
Essay of Dramatick Poesie → historicalContext → Great Plague of London ⓘ
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William Mompesson → event → Great Plague of 1665–1666 ⓘ
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Eyam Museum → focusesOn → Great Plague of 1665–1666 ⓘ
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John Evelyn → wroteAbout → Great Plague of London ⓘ
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self → depicts → Great Plague of London ⓘ
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