Death toll of select plague epidemics in Europe and North Africa 1665-1838

Death toll across a variety of bubonic plague epidemics in Europe and North Africa from 1665 to 1838

CharacteristicEstimated number of deaths
Marwar 1836-1838 100,000
Egypt 1834-1835 50,000
Constantinople 1812-1813 100,000
Constantinople 1803 15,000
South and West of Moscow 1771-1772 300,000
Moscow 1771 60,000
Cyprus 1759-1761 70,000
Nicosia 1759-60 25,000
Marseilles & Toulon 1720 90,000
Russian epidemic 1709 150,000
Prague 1679 83,000
Vienna 1679 76,000
Malta 1675 11,000
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Estimated number of deathsLondon1665-1666*Malta 1675Vienna 1679Prague 1679Russianepidemic1709Marseilles &Toulon 1720Nicosia1759-60Cyprus1759-1761Moscow1771South andWest ofMoscow1771-1772Constantinople1803Constantinople1812-1813Egypt 1834-1835Marwar1836-1838
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Release date

May 2020

Region

Europe, MENA

Survey time period

1665 to 1838

Supplementary notes

The data was compiled and corrected using a variety of sources, most notably A Treatise on Plague, by W.J. Simpson (1905), and Encyclopædia Britannica.

*The official death toll is approximately 70,000, however experts predict that it was closer to 100,000.

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