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  • 1plague — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bubonic ▪ great ▪ Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague. … OF PLAGUE ▪ outbreak ▪ …

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  • 2Plague (disease) — Plague is a deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis (Pasteurella pestis) . Plague is a zoonotic, primarily carried by rodents (most notably rats) and spread to humans via fleas. Plague is notorious throughout… …

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  • 3Plague of Athens — The Plague of Athens was a devastating epidemic which hit the city state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC), when an Athenian victory still seemed within reach. It is believed to have entered… …

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  • 4plague — plaguer, n. /playg/, n., v., plagued, plaguing. n. 1. an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence. 2. an infectious, epidemic disease caused by a bacterium, Yersinia pestis, characterized by fever, chills, and prostration,… …

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  • 5A Journal of the Plague Year — infobox Book | name = A Journal of the Plague Year title orig = translator = image caption = Title page of the original edition in 1722 author = Daniel Defoe cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Historical… …

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  • 6Great Plague of Seville — The Great Plague of Seville (1647–1652) was a massive outbreak of disease in Spain that killed up to a quarter of Seville s population.Unlike the plague of 1596–1602 which claimed 600,000 to 700,000 lives, or a little under 8% of the population,… …

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  • 7Great Plague of London — A bill of mortality for the plague in 1665. The Great Plague (1665–1666) was a massive outbreak of disease in the Kingdom of England (modern day United Kingdom) that killed an estimated 100,000 people, 20% of London s population.[1] The disease… …

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  • 8The Plague — infobox Book | name = The Plague title orig = La Peste translator = image caption = author = Albert Camus cover artist = country = France (Algeria) language = French genre = Existentialist novel, Absurdist fiction publisher = Librairie Gallimard… …

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  • 9Derby plague of 1665 — The Headless Cross, also known as the Vinegar Stone or Plague Stone at Friar Gate, Derby, England. During the Great Plague of 1665 the area of Derby, England fell victim to the bubonic plague epidemic, with many deaths.[1] Some areas of Derby… …

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  • 10The White Plague — infobox Book | name = The White Plague title orig = translator = image caption = author = Frank Herbert illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Science fiction publisher = Putnam pub date = 1982… …

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