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Epidemics in United States and Elsewhere

Periodically, throughout history, there epidemics have arisen which have taken a devastating toll on the population.
Year Epidemic Location Multi-Year
1702 Yellow Fever US -- NY Yes
1702 Scarlet Fever US -- Boston No
1706 Yellow Fever US -- SC No
1713 Measles US -- Boston No
1721 Smallpox US -- Boston No
1723 Influenza Worldwide No
1723 Famine United Kingdom 7 years poor harvests & epidemics
1728 Yellow Feaver US -- SC No
1729 Measles US -- Boston No
1732 Yellow Fever US -- SC No
1732 Influenza Worldwide Yes
1735 Diphtheria/Scarlet Fever US -- New England 4 years
1738 Smallpox US -- SC Yes
1739 Measles US -- Boston Yes
1743 Yellow Fever US -- NY Yes
1747 Measles US -- CT, NY, PA, SC No
1759 Measles US No
1761 Influenza US & West Indies No
1763 Smallpox US -- Boston Yes
1772 Measles US No
1775 Influenza Worldwide Yes
1783 Bilious disorder US Fatal
1788 Measles US -- PA, NY No
1789 Influenza US 7 Years
1793 Unknown US -- PA No
1793 Influenza US -- VT, VA No
1802 Smallpox US -- NE No
1803 Yellow Fever US -- NY No
1820 "Fever" US Yes
1826 Cholera Worldwide Through 1837
1826 Dengue Fever US & West Indies Yes
1829 Malaria US Yes
1831 Cholera UK then Worldwide Yes
1831 Cholera US Yes
1832 Influenza US No
1833 Cholera US -- OH No
1834 Cholera US -- NY No
1837 Typhus US -- PA No
1837 Smallpox US -- Native Americans No
1841 Yellow Fever US No
1847 Measles US -- Native Americans No
1847 Yellow Fever US -- NO No
1847 Influenza Worldwide Yes
1848 Cholera Worldwide Yes
1850 Yellow Fever US No
1850 Influenza US Yes
1850 Dengue Fever US Yes
1851 Cholera US -- IL No
1852 Yellow Fever US -- NO No
1853 Cholera UK -- Birmingham No
1855 Yellow Fever US No
1857 Influenza Worldwide Yes
1860 Smallpox US -- PA Yes
1861 Epidemics -- infectious diseases US -- Civil War Yes
1865 Smallpox US Yes
1865 Cholera US No
1865 Typhus US Yes
1868 Smallpox US 7 years
1873 Influenza UK, North America, Europe Yes
1873 Cholera US No
1878 Yellow Fever US -- NO No
1885 Typhoid US -- PA No
1886 Yellow Fever US -- FL No
1889 Influenza Worldwide Yes
1893 Polio US 1st known outbreak
1900 Plague US Yes
1901 Smallpox US Yes
1907 Polio US 9 years
1917 Influenza Worldwide -- worst ever Yes
1931 Polio US No
1942 Polio US 11 years
       

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