Years of
Sickness
and Hardship
Year

1350
1499
1507
1551
1555
1556
1578
1586
1591
1593
1596
1603
1612
1617
1623
1625
1626
1630
1631
1633
1636
1637
1647
1648
1648
1654
1657
1662
1665
1666
1668
1677
1687
1690
1699
1702
1702
1706
1713
1721
1723
1723
1728
1729
1732
1732
1735
1738
1739
1743
1747
1759
1761
Ailment

Bubonic Plague
Bubonic Plague
"Fever"
Influenza
Famine
Bubonic plague
Bubonic Plague
Bubonic Plague
Acute distress
Bubonic plague
Famine
Bubonc plague
Bubonic plague
Smallpox
Bad years
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague
Very bad year
Bubonic plague
Smallpox
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague
Yellow Fever
Smallpox
Whooping cough
Bubonic plague
Measles
Smallpox
Bubonic plague
Bubonic plague
Yellow Fever
Smallpox
Measles Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever
Scarlet Fever
Yellow Fever
Measles
Smallpox
Influenza
Famine
Yellow Fever
Measles
Yellow Fever
Influenza
Diptheria/Scarlet Fever
Smallpox
Measles
Yellow Fever
Measles
Measles
Influenza
Place

WW*
UK
UK*
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK*
UK
UK
UK*
UK
UK
US*
UK
UK
UK
UK
UK
US*
UK
UK
West Indies
US
US
UK
US
US
UK
UK
US
US*
US
US
US
US*
US
US
US
US
WW
UK*
US
US
US
WW8
US*
US
US*
US*
US
US
US/WestIndies
More Information


London
1507-51

Rains brought famine
1556-63 Extreme

Chesterfield harvest failed


Harvest failed & epidemics


Among Indians
2 years


Many died

Amoung Indians






Boston
NY
Extreme

NY
Boston
Boston
NY
SC
NY
Boston
SC
Boston
Boston

7yr poor harvest&epidemic
SC
Boston
SC

4 yrs- New England
SC
Boston
NY
CT, NY, PA,SC
North America