Smallpox #1 disease, followed by influenza and others
A series of plagues swept over the empire.
The plague swept through the Roman empire. Some medical writers now think that this "plague" was smallpox.
There was a yellow fever epidemic there that year.
A plague
A plague
The Spanish brought disease with them when they came off the ships and into the new world. The native population, having never been exposed to these new diseases, had no bodily immunity to defend against them. Thousand of natives died as disease swept through the population.
He died from an epidemic that swept through the Greenland colonies. The exact disease that it was is unknown.
Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.Nero blamed the Christians for setting the disastrous fire that swept through Rome.
The religious revival that swept through the colonies in the 1720s was the great Awakening. There were three or four waves of religious enthusiasm that swept the through the nation.
It swept through Egypt.
religious movement swept through europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s
The "Black Death" or bubonic plague swept Europe in the 14th Century, over 200 years before Shakespeare's time. Although plague outbreaks were common in the 16th and 17th century, the disease had mutated and was at that time "pneumonic plague" which had different symptoms. One disease that swept Europe during the sixteenth century was Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease which sailors brought back from the Americas.