Natural Disasters & Epidemics
Monday, 09 December 2024
1875 fiji Measles outbreak in Fiji killing 40,000 people
1877 plague in Russian Empire
1878 fever epidemic in New Orleans begin, it will kill 4,500
1880 an F4 tornado strikes Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100.
1881 cholera in Egypt
1881 Fifth cholera pandemic in India, Germany killing 9,000+ people
1881 Haiphong typhoon in Vietnam killing 300,000 people
1883 The Indonesian island of Krakatoa explodes, spewing volcanic ash and debris 50 miles into the air and killing 36,000 people many from tidal waves over 100 feet high
1885 Riots break out in Montreal to protest against compulsory smallpox vaccination
1885 smallpox in Montreal killing 3,164 people
1886 A strong earthquake rocks Charleston, SC, killing more than 100 people
1887 yellow River flood in China killing 2,000,000 people
1888 ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet (Metsh i Slowo, Cholera)
1889 1890 flu pandemic in Worldwide killing 1 million people
1894 1st US poliomyelitis epidemic breaks out, Rutland, Vermont
1899 1st case of plague on Oahu, Hawaii
1899 Sixth cholera pandemic in Europe, Asia, Africa killing 800,000+ people
1900 A huricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people
1900 Bubonic plague spreads from Adelaide to Sydney (103 were to die)
1900 dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever
1900 Outbreak of bubonic plague in Glasgow, UK
1900 Yellow fever in West Africa
1901 clara Maass, army nurse sacrificied her life at 25 to prove that the mosquito carries yellow fever
1902 the volcano Mount Pelee, in the Caribbean, erupts, killing 30,000 people
1902 walter Reed, US bacteriologist (Yellow Fever), dies
1902 cholera in Egypt
1903 Frank Alberta at 4 10 am, a huge 74 million tonne slab of limestone slides off the east slope of Turtle Mountain and sweeps 1.6 km through the Crowsnest Pass valley and the coal mining village of Frank, burying the mine entrance and killing at least 70 people in 100 seconds; only 23 survive, and 17 trapped miners dig themselves to safety 13 hours later. The slab is 400 metres high, 1200 metres wide and 150 metres thick
1903 Kay Boyle, St Paul Minn, novelist (Plagued by Nightingales)
1903 frank Alberta at 4:10 am, a huge 74 million tonne slab of limestone slides off the east slope of Turtle Mountain and sweeps 1.6 km through the Crowsnest Pass valley and the coal mining village of Frank, burying the mine entrance and killing at least 70 people in 100 seconds; only 23 survive, and 17 trapped miners dig themselves to safety 13 hours later. The slab is 400 metres high, 1200 metres wide and 150 metres thick.
1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti &adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
1905 Cyclone hit Tahiti & adjacent islands, killing some 10,000 people
1906 an earthquake, followed by fire, destroys most of San Francisco, killing 3000 people
1907 bubonic Plague breaks out in San Fransisco
1907 bubonic Plague breaks out in SF
« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Next Page »