1507 ⟶ Smallpox Epidemic Devastates Hispaniola's Taíno Population
The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World on ...
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⛓️ ⛓️ African Slavery Begins in Americas
First reported African slaves in the New World⟶
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Portugal🦠 Smallpox Epidemic Devastates Hispaniola's Taíno Population
The first recorded epidemic of smallpox in the New World on the island of Hispaniola. It devastates the native Taíno population.⟶
DiseaseEpidemicColonizationSmallpoxColumbian ExchangeIndigenous PeoplesEuropean ColonizationMortality
Dominican RepublicHaiti🤧 Sweating Sickness Epidemic Strikes England
The Sweating sickness epidemic in Tudor England.⟶
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United Kingdom🤧 Fifth Sweating Sickness Outbreak and John Caius's Account
Fifth outbreak of sweating sickness in England. John Caius of Shrewsbury writes the first full contemporary account of the symptoms of the disease.⟶
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United Kingdom💀 Plague Outbreak in Elizabethan England
Plague outbreak claimed 80,000 people in Elizabethan England. In London alone, over 20,000 people died of the disease.⟶
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United Kingdom🏹 American Indian Attack on Spanish Missionaries in Virginia
American Indians kill Spanish missionaries in what would later be Jamestown, Virginia.⟶
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