On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

In the wake of one of history's most devastating epidemics of bubonic plague ... which assails the country in 1665-1666. When the plague epidemic reaches Russia, officials organize quarantines ...

The pandemic of bubonic plague—later dubbed the Black Death ... More epidemics occurred in the 17th century, notably in London in 1665–66, when around a quarter of the city’s population ...

In the 1330s, bubonic plague broke out in China and was transported ... presence over the next two centuries. But in 1665, it returned to England. This single yearlong outbreak, known as the ...

a sign of bubonic plague. The plague had no cure and once a person had caught it, there was very little the doctors could do to treat them. An engraving showing the Great Plague of London, 1665 ...

Honolulu officials thought fire could stop the bubonic plague from spreading through the growing city. But high winds ...

Well, believe it or not, the plague is still around. Blame fleas and the rats, mice, chipmunks, and squirrels they infect. Bubonic plague is caused by bacteria that live in fleas. If you get bit ...

Bubonic plague conjures images of facing the Black Death during the Great Plague of London in 1665. However, New Zealand also had a brush with plague rats in 1900, as seen in the newspapers below.

Eyam, a village in Derbyshire, England holds a unique place in history due to its self-imposed quarantine during the bubonic plague outbreak of 1665-1666. The village's residents voluntarily ...