What were the symptoms of the plague in 1665?

Answer 1

There were outbreaks of Plague throughout the Middle Ages, due to the unsanitary conditions of the time. It was borne by fleas which spread via the rats. Rats were often aboard ships of cargo to other countries, and the plague spread to other countries via the rats.

In the case of the 1665 plague, this particular outbreak originated in Holland. King Charles II had already stopped trade with Holland in 1663 in order to minimise the chance of it spreading to England, but, within two years, the plague arrived on the streets of the poorer areas of London.

The Great Fire of London which occurred in 1666 was a blessing in disguise. It wiped out the rats, the fleas and hence, the disease.

Answer 2

Black Plague or Bubonic Plague started in Europe around 1347. It was a terrible disease that was carried out with black rats and fleas. This terrible disease was affected the Medieval society. It was a terrible because so many peasants died and that nobody was left to farm the land and do the daily work.

The Plague (or called "Black Death") was an epidemic that struck Europe. People from China and Mongolia came with infected fleas carried by rats going aboard ships and that were transported to Italy, Greece and France; when the ships docked, the rats left the ships entering cities bringing the fleas and disease with them. In 1348 the virus, known as the Yersinia pestisbacterium and until 1351 the bacterium had killed 1/3 of Europe. Leaving fewer farmers and other people that held jobs that were important to the economy. The Europeans blamed the Jews for the plague by poisoning the water but it really was caused by flea bites. Other break outs occurred between 1451-1721.

Plague is still around today in small numbers and is treated with antibiotics.

Answer 3

First AnswerThere was no plague in 1665. Second AnswerActually, there was a plague, the Great Plague of London, which was in 1665 and 1666, and in which 10% of the population of that city died. It also hit other cities the same year, notably Derby. It is thought to have been the bubonic plague, the same thing that caused the Black Death.

The most famous symptom is the presence of buboes, which are painfully swollen lymph nodes, usually in the groin, armpits, or neck. Other symptoms included heavy breathing, vomiting or urination of blood, aching arms or legs, coughing, and extreme pain. Other symptoms included fever, headache, chills, exhaustion, nausea, black spots on the body, delirium, and coma.

Answer 4

black death Plague started in China. Mongol army camps were the first home.

Answer 5

The rats had flees and the rats and the rats got on the boats and traveled place to place

Answer 6

The bacterium Yersinia pestis causes the black plague. It is spread by flea bites after a flea bites an infected animal. It can also be spread by droplets when a plague victim sneezes or speaks. It is found on all continents, usually infecting rodents, and it can spread from rodents to people when the two live in close proximity. It also kills the fleas that are so important in spreading the disease. Plague outbreaks in a rural society with little travel would typically be very local, but in the middle ages, the plague was able to break out and spread globally because of long distance commercial trade networks that linked communities. The more connected people are, the more vulnerable they are to epidemics.