great plague
81List of historical plagues — In human history, the term plague refers to an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality, i.e. a pestilence. An epidemic disease outbreaks that strike a large number of people in an area at the same time may also become a pandemic when it …
82Samuel Pepys — Pepys redirects here. For other uses, see Pepys (disambiguation). Samuel Pepys Portrait of Samuel Pepys by J. Hayls. Oil on canvas, 1666, 756 mm × 629 mm National Portrait Gallery, London. Born 23 February 1633( …
83literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
84Minor places in Middle-earth — Middle earth portal The stories of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth legendarium contain references to numerous places. Some of these places are described below. See also: Minor places in Arda, Minor places in Beleriand, List o …
85Old St. Paul's (novel) — John Franklin s illustration of Paul s walk for Old St. Paul s Old St. Paul s is a novel by William Harrison Ainsworth serially published in 1841. It is a historical romance that describes the events of the Great Plague of London and the …
86History of London — Roman London Anglo Saxon London Norman and Medieval London Tudor London Stuart London 18th century London 19th centur …
87Consequences of the Black Death — The Black Death, the third deadliest[citation needed] pandemic in human history, which peaked in Europe between 1349 and 1351, led to several major social, economic and religious consequences in Europe. Contents 1 Depopulation 1.1 Asia …
88Medieval medicine — For contemporary medicine practiced outside of Western Europe, see Islamic medicine, Unani, Byzantine medicine, Traditional Chinese medicine, and Ayurveda. Astrology played an important part in Medieval medicine; most educated physicians were… …
89Galen — Claude Galien . Lithograph by Pierre Roche Vigneron. (Paris: Lith de Gregoire et Deneux, ca. 1865) Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (September AD 129 – 199/217; Greek: Γαληνός, Galēnos, from adjective γαληνός , calm [1]), better known as Galen… …
90United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
