Great Plague of 1738

Period

1738–1740

Map

Epidemics map

The Great Plague of 1738 was an outbreak of the bubonic plague between 1738 and 1743 that affected areas of the Habsburg Empire, now in the modern nations of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, Czechia, and Austria. Despite the name, the plague occurred for at least 5 years, from 1738 to 1743. Medical technology at the time was not properly able to detect bacterium, although Europeans were aware of them.

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Earlier and later events nearby

1. 1389Battle of Kosovo
2. 1526Battle of Mohács
3. 1683Battle of Vienna
4. 1738–1740Great Plague of 1738This page
5. 1848–1849Hungarian Revolution of 1848
6. 1912–1913First Balkan War
7. 1913Second Balkan War

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