In 1665, London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly through the city, killing tens of thousands. Cubs Rumors ...

In 1665, another plague outbreak arrived in England. This is often referred to as the ‘Great Plague.’ During the outbreak of 1665 - 1666, 68,596 deaths were recorded in London alone ...

The plague remained a constant, though diminished, presence over the next two centuries. But in 1665, it returned to England. This single yearlong outbreak, known as the Great Plague, claimed the ...

On March 6, 1665, Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the fledgling Royal Society of London, published the first volume of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London—now the ...