Plague

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Plague may refer to:

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In history:

  • Black Death, also known as The Black Plague: the Eurasian pandemic thought to have been caused by bubonic plague, beginning in the 14th century with repeated outbreaks until the 18th century
  • Plague of Justinian, a pandemic in 541–542 AD in the Byzantine Empire, considered to have caused or contributed to the Black Death
  • Antonine Plague, an ancient pandemic in 165–189 AD brought back to the Roman Empire by troops returning from campaigns in the Near East
  • Third Pandemic, a major plague pandemic that began in China in 1855, spread via trade routes around the world. This episode was considered active until 1959, when worldwide casualties dropped to 200 per year.
  • List of historical plagues

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