Virus

Pandemics on History

  • 541

    Plague of Justinian

    Plague of Justinian
    This plague strucked the Bizantine empire in 541. The bacterium responsible of this plage was the your Sania Pestis, best known as bubonic plague. This bacteria was carried by rats and transffered from them through fleas. 25-50 million of dead people.
  • Period: 1347 to 1351

    Black Dead

    This was another strike of the bubonic plague of 541, but this time the bacteria your Sania Pestis carried by rats attacked in Sylicia and spread acrross Europe, Asia and America putting them in quarantine and killing between 100-200 million people.
  • Period: 1492 to 1521

    Measless, Chickenpox and smallpox

    These are illnesses that brought the Spanish conquerors to America, during the conquest of America between 1492 and 1521. These illnesses helped the conquerors to take the cities and kill the militar army of the new continent. Over 20 million people died in America.
  • Spanish Flu

    Spanish Flu
    It was a virus originated in Spain in 1918, it affected the adults that returned from the world war 1 in Europe. This ilness infected 500 million of peope across the world principally in Europe and killed between 50-100 million people.
  • Coronavirus

    Coronavirus
    It´s a virus originated in Wuhan China, it was carried by the bats that were in the crowded city. Coronavirus show us that the fear of the pandemic is as dangerous as the pandemic.