U.S. Epidemics

	
	

U.S. Epidemics
	

	
 Date 
	
 Location 
	
 Epidemic 
	

	

	
  
	
  
	
  
	


1657
Boston
Measles



1687
Boston
Measles



1690
New York
Yellow Fever



1713
Boston
Measles



1729
Boston
Measles



1732-1733
Worldwide
Influenza



1738
South Carolina
Smallpox



1739-1740
Boston
Measles



1747
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina
Measles



1759
North America
Measles



1761
North America and West Indies
Influenza



1772
North America
Measles



1775
North America
Unknown



1775-1776
Worldwide
Influenza



1783
Dover, DE
Bilious Disorder



1784
New Bern, NC
Yellow Fever



1788
Philadelphia and New York
Measles



1793
Vermont
Influenza



1793
Virginia
Influenza



1793
Philadelphia, PA
Yellow Fever



1793
Harrisburg, PA
Unknown



1793
Middletown, PA
Unknown



1794
Philadelphia, PA
Yellow Fever



1796-1797
Philadelphia, PA
Yellow Fever



1798
Philadelphia, PA
Yellow Fever



1798
New Bern, NC
Yellow Fever



1803
New York
Yellow Fever



1820-1823
Nationwide
Unknown



1831-1832
Nationwide
Asiatic Cholera



1832
New York City and other major cities
Cholera



1833
Columbus, OH
Cholera



1834
New York City
Cholera



1837
Philadelphia
Typhus



1841
Nationwide
Yellow Fever



1847
New Orleans
Yellow Fever



1847-1848
Worldwide
Influenza



1848-1849
North America
Cholera



1849
New York
Cholera



1850
Nationwide
Yellow Fever



1850-1851
North America
Influenza



1851
Coles Co., Illinois, The Great Plains, and Missouri
Cholera



1852
Nationwide
Yellow Fever



1855
Nationwide
Yellow Fever



1857-1859
Worldwide
Influenza



1860-1861
Pennsylvania
Smallpox



1865-1873
Baltimore, Memphis, Washington DC
Cholera, Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever, Yellow Fever



1865-1873
Philadelphia, New York, Boston, New Orleans
Smallpox



1873-1875
North America and Europe
Influenza



1878
New Orleans
Yellow Fever



1885
Plymouth, PA
Typhoid



1886
Jacksonville, FL
Yellow Fever



1918
Worldwide
Influenza