It was the fall of 1665 in the village of Eyam in the Derbyshire Peak District of England. People had heard about the terrible outbreak of plague that year in London but there were no signs of ...

In July 2020, a quote ostensibly written in 1665 by Samuel Pepys, dubbed the world's greatest diarist by some, started to circulate on social media. The passage lamented how "gadabouts" (defined by ...

The author of a history of the Great Fire of London here offers a scholarly, meticulous yet accessible analysis of the last epidemic of bubonic plague to afflict England. The scourge of 1665 killed ...

What caused the Great Plague of London, and how did it spread so quickly? This video uncovers the story of one of history’s deadliest epidemics, from the bacterium Yersinia pestis to the role of rats ...

It could be worse. Coronavirus isn’t bubonic plague. I realize that is scant consolation, in these times of economic and social devastation, but we do know one cheering thing about previous plagues, ...

Humanity has been surviving plagues for thousands of years, and we have managed to learn a lot along the way. By Annalee Newitz Contributing Opinion Writer A lot of English people believed 1666 would ...

A lot of English people believed 1666 would be the year of the apocalypse. You can’t really blame them. In late spring 1665, bubonic plague began to eat away at London’s population. By fall, roughly 7 ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from The Great Plague Exodus The Year is 1665 and the Great Plague has struck London. Guide your family through the darkest period of English history as you flee ...