Partial List of Epidemics
1657-Boston-Measles
1687-Boston-Measles
1690-New York-Yellow Fever
1713-Boston-Measles
1729-Boston-Measles
1732-33-Worldwide-Influenza
1738-South Carolina-Smallpox
1739-40-Boston-Measles
1747-CT, NY, PA, SC-Measles
1759-North America-Measles
1761-North America and West Indies-Influenza
1772-North America-Measles
1775-N. America NE-Unknown epidemic
1775-76-Worldwide- Influenza (one of the worst epidemics)
1783-Dover, DE- Bilious Disorder (extremely fatal)
1788-Philadelphia and New York-Measles
1793-Vermont-A “Putrid” fever and Influenza
1793-VA-Influenza (killed 500 in 5 counties in 4 weeks)
1793-Philadelphia- Yellow Fever (one of the worst epidemics)
1793-Harrisburg, PA-Unknown (many unexplained mysterious deaths)
1793-Middletown, PA-Unknown (many unexplained mysterious deaths)
1794-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever
1796-97-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever
1798-Philadelphia, PA-Yellow Fever (one of the worst)
1803-New York-Yellow Fever
1820-23-Nationwide-“Fever” (starts near the Schuylkill River)
1831-32-Nationwide-Cholera (English emigrants brought)
1832-NY City and other major cities-Cholera
1837-Philadelphia-Typhus
1841-Nationwide-Yellow Fever (worst in the South)
1847-New Orleans-Yellow Fever
1847-48-Worldwide-Influenza
1848-49-North America-Cholera
1850-Nationwide-Yellow Fever
1850-51-North America-Influenza
1852-Nationwide-Yellow Fever (New Orleans-8,000 deaths)
1855-Nationwide-Yellow Fever
1857-59-Worldwide- Influenza (one of the greatest epidemics)
1860-61-Pennsylvania-Smallpox
1865-73-Philadelphia, NY, Boston, New Orleans, Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC-Smallpox, Cholera, series of recurring epidemics of: Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever
1873-5-North America and Europe-Influenza
1878-New Orleans-Yellow Fever (last great epidemic)
1885-Plymouth, PA-Typhoid
1886-Jacksonville, FL-Yellow Fever
1918-Worldwide-Influenza