Plague Outbreak: History of Major Plague Outbreaks in the World

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What happened?	Where did it happen?	Death toll (estimate)
Plague of Justinian (541–549 AD) - Bubonic plague	Spread across Asia, Africa, and Europe	15–100 million (which was equivalent to 25–60% of Eurasia's population)
The Black Death (1346 to 1353) - Bubonic plague	Europe and Northern Africa	75–200 million (30–60% of the European population)
Italian plague (1629–1631) - Bubonic plague	Italy	1 million
Great Plague in late Ming Dynasty (1633–1644) - Bubonic plague	China	200,000+
Naples Plague (1656–1658) - Bubonic plague	Italy	1 million +
Great Plague of London (1665–1666) - Bubonic plague	England	100,000
Ottoman plague epidemic (1812–1819) - Bubonic plague	Ottoman Empire (Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa)	300,000+
Third plague pandemic (1855–1960) - Bubonic plague	Worldwide	12–15 million
Hong Kong plague (1894–1929) - Bubonic plague	Hong Kong	100,000
Bombay plague epidemic (1896–1905) - Bubonic plague	Bombay, India (now Mumbai)	20,000+
China plague and Manchurian plague (1910-1912) - Bubonic plague and Pneumonic Plague	China	100,000
Plague Epidemic of 1994 - Bubonic plague and Pneumonic plague	India	56
Madagascar plague outbreak (2014–2017) - Bubonic plague	Madagascar	292

History of Major Plague Outbreaks in the World

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The First Plague Pandemic

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So, what were the major plague outbreaks in history?

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Is the bubonic plague still around?

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