Great Plague of London (1665-1666)

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:COVID-19 gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:bubonic_plague
gptkbp:category	gptkb:History_of_London 17th-century epidemics Plague pandemics
gptkbp:causedBy	gptkb:Yersinia_pestis
gptkbp:country	gptkb:England
gptkbp:deathTollPercentage	about 20% of London's population
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Samuel_Pepys'_diary gptkb:A_Journal_of_the_Plague_Year
gptkbp:endDate	1666
gptkbp:followedBy	Great Fire of London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Plague of London (1665-1666)
gptkbp:impact	economic disruption mass burials social upheaval closure of theatres and public places
gptkbp:location	gptkb:London
gptkbp:notableFor	last major epidemic of bubonic plague in England
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Daniel_Defoe Samuel Pepys
gptkbp:precededBy	plague epidemics in England
gptkbp:quarantineMeasures	plague orders, shutting up infected houses
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Great_Plague_of_Marseille gptkb:Black_Death
gptkbp:response	flight of the wealthy from London use of plague doctors mass graves (plague pits) public health ordinances
gptkbp:startDate	1665
gptkbp:transmission	fleas on rats
gptkbp:victim	approximately 100,000
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Spitalfields,_London,_England
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5