Fogs, Mists, Plagues - History of (Patreon)

540.  Bubonic plague engulfs the Roman Empire until 592.

567. Gregory of Tours reports that just before the bubonic plague invaded the Auvergne region of France, three brilliant lights appeared around the sun "and the heavens appeared to be on fire."

1333. A plague in China, preceded by a "terrible mist emitting a fearful stench and infecting the air.

1347.  Bubonic plague spreads in Europe through 1350. Over 100 million would die from the plague during the next 400 years.

1509. First attempt to restrict right to practice medicine to licensed doctors.

1528. Severe outbreaks of plague in England.

1557. Massive influenza epidemic in Europe

1563. General outbreak of plague in Europe kills 20,000 in London.

1567. South America, 2 million die from typhoid fever.

1627. "The New Atlantis", Francis Bacon; World University espouses the paradigm of scanning the world for talented children to enrich the states.

1662. Britain importing 16 million pounds of sugar per year. 

1665. London swept by Bubonic plague. 68,000 die. Those who didn't eat sugar escaped harm.

1666.  Great Fire of London.

1692.  Salem Witch trials begin.

1762. Philadelphia epidemic of yellow fever.

1763. Epidemic of smallpox in France wipes out a large part of the population.

1763. The first recorded episode of biological warfare in the US when small pox infected blankets were given to Native Americans seeking friendly relations.