Smallpox

Sources

1. BookBorn to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492–1650
2. BookFlorentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain. Book 12, The Conquest of Mexico
3. BookThe Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492

Relations

described by:

• Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi

  Sources: Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts, The House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the Renaissance

Appears in29 items

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  Pandemics5 items
  • Antonine Plague165 CE
  • Epidemics in the Americas after 14921492
  • Smallpox reaches HispaniolaDec 1518
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    Smallpox in Tenochtitlan1520
  • The last natural case of smallpox26 Oct 1977
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  The Age of Discovery3 items
  • Conquest of the Aztec EmpireApr 1519 O.S.
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    Smallpox in TenochtitlanOct 1520 O.S.
  • Conquest of the Inca Empire1532 O.S.
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  The Aztec and Inca Empires4 items
  • The collapse of the population1520 O.S.
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    Smallpox in central MexicoMay 1520 O.S.
  • CuitláhuacSep 1520 O.S.
  • Huayna Capac dies of a new diseasec. 1527 O.S.
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  The Islamic Golden Age1 item
  • Al-Razi tells smallpox from measlesc. 290 AH
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  Vaccines16 items
  • Variolation spreads from Ningguo, China1567
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    Lady Mary Wortley Montagu writes home about “engrafting”1 Apr 1717 O.S.
  • Variolation in BritainApr 1721 O.S.
  • Boylston inoculates his son in Boston26 Jun 1721 O.S.
  • 
    Benjamin Jesty uses cowpox1774
  • Jenner vaccinates James Phipps14 May 1796
  • 
    Jenner publishes his Inquiry1798
  • Leicester marches against compulsory vaccination23 Mar 1885
  • The Soviet Union proposes eradicating smallpox1958
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    The Intensified Smallpox Eradication Programme1967
  • The last case of variola major16 Oct 1975
  • Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case26 Oct 1977
  • The last smallpox death11 Sep 1978
  • The Global Commission certifies eradication9 Dec 1979
  • The World Health Assembly declares smallpox eradicated8 May 1980
  • Rinderpest is declared eradicated28 Jun 2011