Event    From 1665  To 1666

Great Plague

Categories: Medicine, Tragedy

Europe suffered a number of bubonic plaque epidemics from 1347 – 1750.  The last major outbreak in England was in 1665-6 and killed about 100,000 people, 20% of London’s population at the time.  It was already mainly over by the time of the Great Fire. (A rather extreme example of the definition of history: One damn thing after another.)  On the burial register at St Olaves, Hart Street are the names of 365 plaque victims.

Historic UK have produced a map of London plague pits.

 

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Great Plague

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St Olave's Church

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William Harvey

William Harvey

Born at Folkestone, Kent. Discovered and proved the circulation of the blood.

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2 memorials
L. C. Parkes

L. C. Parkes

Louis Coltman Parkes. A medical doctor. Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea in 1909. Authored a good number of medical books - held by the Wellcome Collection.  Obituary in the BMJ 31 October 19...

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1 memorial
Molly Pritchard

Molly Pritchard

Psychiatrist and wife of furniture designer Jack Pritchard. Born as Rosemary Cooke.

Person, Friend / family, Medicine

1 memorial