Great Plague

The Great Plague (AD 1665-1666) was a massive outbreak of disease in Britain that killed 75,000 to 100,000 people, up to a fifth of London's population. The disease is generally believed to have been bubonic plague, an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted via a rat vector. Other symptom patterns of the bubonic plague, such as septicemic plague and pneumonic plague were also present.

Reference

• Bell, Walter George. "The Great Plague in London in 1665." London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1924.

See also

• Black Death
• Bubonic Plague
• Derby plague of 1665
• Eyam
• Ring-a-ring of roses
• UK topics