Great Plague

American  

Or great plague

noun

1. the bubonic plague that occurred in London in 1665 and killed about 15 percent of the city's population.

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Example Sentences

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

During the Great Plague of London in 1665, he used his social distancing time to discover calculus and gravity.

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 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