Years Of Disease
| Year(s) ~ Region, Area, City or State ~ Disease 1657 ~ Boston ~ Measles 1687 ~ Boston ~ Measles 1690 ~ New York ~ Yellow Fever 1713 ~ Boston ~ Measles 1729 ~ Boston ~ Measles 1732-1733 ~ Worldwide ~ Influenza 1738 ~ South Carolina ~ Smallpox 1739-1740 ~ Boston ~ Measles 1747 ~ Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina ~Smallpox 1759 ~ North America ~ Measles 1761 ~ North America and West Indies ~ Influenza 1772 ~ North America ~ Measles 1775 ~ North America (especially in North East) ~ Unknown 1775-1776 ~ Worldwide ~ Influenza 1783 ~ Dover, Delaware (was extremely fatal) ~ Bilious Disorder 1788 ~ Philadelphia and New York ~ Measles 1793 ~ Vermont ~ (a "putrid" fever) and Influenza 1793 ~ Virginia (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks) ~ Influenza 1793 ~ Philadelphia ~ Yellow Fever 1793 ~ Harrisburg, PA (many unexplained deaths) ~ Unknown 1793 ~ Middletown, Pennsylvania (many mysterious deaths) ~Unknown 1794 ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ Yellow Fever 1796-1797 ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ Yellow Fever 1798 ~ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one of the worst) ~ Yellow Fever 1803 ~ New York ~ Yellow Fever 1820-1823 ~ Nationwide (started at Schuylkill River & spread)~ "Fever" 1831-1832 ~ Nationwide (brought in by English Immigrants) ~Asiatic Cholera 1832 ~ New York and other major cities ~ Cholera 1833 ~ Columbus, Ohio ~ Cholera 1833-34 ~ Kentucky ~ Cholera 1834 ~ New York City, New York ~ Cholera 1837 ~ Philadelphia ~ Typhus 1841 ~ Nationwide (especially severe in the South) ~ Yellow Fever 1847 ~ New Orleans ~ Yellow Fever 1847-1848 ~ Worldwide ~ Influenza 1848-1849 ~ North America ~ Cholera 1849 ~ New York ~ Cholera 1850 ~ Nationwide ~ Yellow Fever 1850-1851 ~ North America ~ Influenza 1851 ~ Coles County, Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri ~Cholera 1852 ~ Nationwide (New Orleans 8,000 died that summer) ~ Yellow Fever 1855 ~ Nationwide ~ Yellow Fever 1857-1859 ~ Worldwide (one of the largest epidemics) ~ Influenza 1860-1861 ~ Pennsylvania ~ Smallpox 1865-1873 ~ Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC ~ A series of recurring epidemics of Smallpox, Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever, and Influenza 1873-1875 ~ North America & Europe ~ Influenza 1878 ~ New Orleans (last great epidemic) ~ Yellow Fever 1885 ~ Plymouth, Pennsylvania ~ Typhoid 1886 ~ Jacksonville, Florida ~ Yellow Fever 1918 ~ Worldwide (high point year) more people were hospitalized in WWI from this epidemic than wounds. US Army training camps became death camps, with 80% death rate in some camps. ~ Influenza or Spanish Flu |