Black plague

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Called the last great plague of London, the Great Plague began in the spring of 1665 and ended roughly a year later. Officially, over 68,000 people died, but many believe that the number of plague deaths was closer to 100,000. During this time, the people of London lived through one unimaginable horror after another. Families

The victim by Alfred Tennyson Plague Arriving Illustration by Frederick Simpson Coburn 1909

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A group of bodies discovered below London's Liverpool Street station is thought to be the resting place of about 30 victims of the Great Plague of 1665.