Great Plague of 1738

Great Plague of 1738

The Great Plague of 1738 was an outbreak of the bubonic plague between 1738-1740 that affected areas in the modern nations of Romania, Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, and Austria. Although no exact figure is available, the epidemic likely killed over 50,000 people.

In February of 1738 the plague hit the Banat region, having been spread there by the Imperial Army [ [http://www.genealogy.ro/cont/20c.htm history XVIII ] ] .

According to the 1740 Hungarian Diet, the Great Plague claimed 36,000 lives [ [http://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/280.html Demographic Changes ] ] .

Southeastern Transylvania may have been the hardest area hit. Over the following eight years, the plague killed a sixth of the population of Temeschwar. Bucharest's Monument of the Holy Trinity in Unirii Square is dedicated to the plague's victims. The plague would return to hit the city again in 1762-1763 [ [http://thekonst.net/en/propaganda/226 thekonst.net :: propaganda. weekly notes by konst :: the cradle of Romanian Revol ] ] .

Other cities in the region were also stricken. Between October 1737 and April 1738, 111 deaths were reported in Zernyest, and 70 in Feketehalom [ [http://mek.oszk.hu/03400/03407/html/280.html Demographic Changes ] ] . More than 10% of the population of Kolozsvár was reported to have been killed by the pandemic [ [http://www.clujonline.com/history/history.htm CLUJ-NAPOCA, The Treasure City of Transylvania, Romania - History ] ] .

The disease's spread extended to the Adriatic. It made it's way to the island of Brač in modern-day Croatia [ [http://www.croatians.com/sumartin_island_of_brac.htm SUMARTIN Island of Brac ] ] .

By the summer, the Serbian region of Grad Zrenjanin was also affected [ [http://www.zrenjanin.org.yu/ogradu/ogradu/eistorija.htm History ] ] .

ee also

*Black Death
*Bubonic Plague

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