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Jan 1, 1545
Smallpox in India
Smallpox breaks out in an all out epidemic -
Smallpox arrives in the Americas
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Boston and Smallpox
Smallpox breaks out in early Boston -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin loses his four year old son to the Smallpox epidemic. -
London and smallpox
Smallpox takes the lives of three and a half thousand people in that one year -
Catherine the Great of Russia
Catherine the Great of Russia undergoes a secret surgery and is cured of Smallpox. -
The US and vaccinations
The first vaccines arrive in the US -
Vaccination in the UK
Vaccination becomes manditory for infants inder 3 months in the UK. -
Lincoln contracts Smallpox
Abraham Lincoln contracts Smallpox only hours after he recites the famous Gettysburg Adresss. -
Animal vaccine in the US
The first smallpox vaccines tested on animals arrive in the US -
Low vaccination rates lead to a smallpox epidemic
Because of the unpopularity of the vaccine, many people contract smallpox resulting in an outbreak -
Schools require a vaccination
By this time, many schools in the US require a person to be vaccinated for smallpox in order to be accepted. -
Last Case in U.S.
The last reported case in the U.S. -
US succedes in a smallpox vaccination
The US finds a vaccination for smallpox. -
Last Case
Last reported case in the world
