Remarkable Plagues.
Reading edition
Duration and mortality of some of the great disasters of history.
Date.Place.Deaths.Weeks.Deaths per Week.
1656Naples380,0002810,400
1665London68,800332,100
1720Marseilles39,100361,100
1771Moscow87,800322,700
1778Constantinople170,000189,500
1798Cairo88,000253,500
1812Constantinople144,0001311,100
1834Cairo57,000183,200
1835Alexandria14,90017900
1871Buenos Ayres26,300112,400