Great Plague
Americannoun
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He was also an eyewitness to the Great Plague of 1665, which took an estimated 100,000 lives, about a fourth of London’s population, in 18 months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But the Great Plague and other catastrophes were decreasing the number of laborers who were migrating from Europe.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2020
Another is Defoe’s “A Journal of the Plague Year” about what it was like to be in London during the Great Plague in 1665.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2020
According to classical scholar Katherine Kelaidis, "The Great Plague of Athens wrote the first chapter in the end of Athenian democracy."
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2020
But gradually, I began to grasp what it was I’d come upon: the remnants of a village destroyed by the Great Plague of some years back.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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