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Timeline of Historical Pandemics

Name the 20 major pandemics that have occurred throughout history
Source: CDC, WHO, BBC, Wikipedia, Historical Records, Encyclopedia Britannica, Johns Hopkins University
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Last updated: August 15, 2022
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Name
Time Period
Type / Pre-human host
Death toll
Antonine Plague
165-180
Believed to be either smallpox or measles
5M
Japanese smallpox epidemic
735-737
Variola major virus
1M
Plague of Justinian
541-542
Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas
30-50M
Black Death
1347-1351
Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas
200M
New World Smallpox Outbreak
1520 – onwards
Variola major virus
56M
Great Plague of London
1665
Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas
100,000
Italian plague
1629-1631
Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas
1M
Cholera Pandemics 1-6
1817-1923
V. cholerae bacteria
1M+
Third Plague
1885
Yersinia pestis bacteria / Rats, fleas
12M (China and India)
Yellow Fever
Late 1800s
Virus / Mosquitoes
100,000-150,000 (U.S.)
Russian Flu
1889-1890
Believed to be H2N2 (avian origin)
1M
Spanish Flu
1918-1919
H1N1 virus / Pigs
40-50M
Asian Flu
1957-1958
H2N2 virus
1.1M
Hong Kong Flu
1968-1970
H3N2 virus
1M
HIV/AIDS
1981-present
Virus / Chimpanzees
25-35M
Swine Flu
2009-2010
H1N1 virus / Pigs
200,000
SARS
2002-2003
Coronavirus / Bats, Civets
770
Ebola
2014-2016
Ebolavirus / Wild animals
11,000
MERS
2015-Present
Coronavirus / Bats, camels
850
COVID-19
2019-Present
Coronavirus – Unknown (possibly pangolins)
6.3M (Johns Hopkins University estimate as of July 8, 2022)
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