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  1. 1775
    Smallpox strikes again in North America
    As the American Revolution begins, epidemic smallpox spreads across North America, killing hundreds ...
  2. 1761
    First known influenza pandemic from the Americas begins
    Influenza is one of the diseases that Europeans brought to the New World. Unlike previous influenza ...
  3. 1700
    Virginia Native peoples succumb to smallpox
    Between 1600 and 1700, 75 percent of the Native peoples in Virginia die, including members of the once ...
  4. AD 1659
    Measles decimates Native peoples of Florida
    In Florida, 10,000 Timuacans, Apalachee, Pensacola, Tocobaga, Calusa, Tequesta, Jeaga, Jobe, and Ais ...
  5. AD 1607
    British colonists settle in Powhatan territory
    More than 30 tribes and an estimated 20,000 Indians, including Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and Chickahominy ...
  6. AD 1585
    English scouts infect Lumbee on Roanoke Island
    Sir Walter Raleigh sponsors colonists who try establish the first English settlement in Virginia. An ...
  7. AD 1566
    The Calusa battle Spain over conversion
    The Calusa Indians, who live in southwest Florida, are weakened by epidemics. They are attacked by Spain, ...
  8. AD 1564
    Epidemic decimates Timuacan in Florida
    Once 50,000 strong, the Timuacan living between the barrier islands of what is now Georgia and the area ...
  9. AD 1560
    A conquistador finds Coosa villages abandoned
    Tristán de Luna is ordered to establish a Spanish settlement on the Gulf Coast and an overland trade ...
  10. AD 1520–62
    ‘Virgin-soil’ epidemics devastate Native populations
    “Virgin-soil” epidemics sweep through populations with no prior exposure to a particular infectious ...
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