In 1665, London faced one of its deadliest disasters—the Great Plague. The bubonic plague, carried by rats and fleas, spread rapidly through the city, killing tens of thousands. Putin's Subtle ...

Over the following centuries, plague returned many times, with a particularly deadly outbreak in the British Isles in 1665 and 1666. It’s 1645, and the plague that is ravaging Europe has arrived ...

The plague remained a constant, though diminished, presence over the next two centuries. But in 1665, it returned to England. This single yearlong outbreak, known as the Great Plague, claimed the ...