Rats, fleas, and a city unprepared—when the plague struck London in 1665, it killed one in five residents in less than a year. MAGA divided as Trump turns on Putin WNBA star Kelsey Plum taunts ...

A particularly severe outbreak in the 1660s resulted in the deaths of over 68,000 individuals in London alone. Eventually, the lethal disease reached Eyam in the summer of 1665.

The Black Death—the world's second bubonic plague pandemic—decimated the populations of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe in the 14th century. But there was a silver lining.

In subsequent years, further plague epidemics hit the UK, with the worst outbreak since the Black Death beginning in 1665, when London lost around 15% of its population.

When the Great Plague struck London in 1665, the country was only too aware of the devastation this kind of epidemic could wreak. The Black Death was first diagnosed in 1348 and wiped out nearly a ...

A close-up view of a burial trench from the excavation of the Black Death cemetery, East Smithfield, London (Picture: MOLA/Getty Images) In 2013, a plague pit thought to be the biggest ever ...

The strain of bacteria that caused the Great Plague of London in 1665 has been identified for the first time. Scientists recovered DNA of Yersinia pestis— known to have been responsible for the ...

During the Great Plague of London, it was recorded that an estimated 68,596 people died although it is believed that more than 100,000 people perished out of a population of 460,000.