| Date | Event |
|---|
| 1603 | Bubonic Plague |
| 1612 | Bubonic Plague |
| 1623 | Famine |
| 1625 | Bubonic Plague |
| 1630 | Plague |
| 1631 | Bubonic Plague |
| 1633 | Smallpox |
| 1636 | Bubonic Plague |
| 1654 | Bubonic Plague |
| 19 Sep 1665 | Great Plague of London at its height |
| 1723 | Influenza |
| 1723 | Famine |
| 1732 | Influenza |
| 1743 | Influenza |
| 1751 | Smallpox |
| 1762 | Influenza |
| 1767 | Influenza |
| 1775 | Influenza |
| 1782 | Influenza |
| 1785 | Influenza |
| 1788 | Influenza |
| 1793 | Diphtheria |
| 1796 | Smallpox |
| 14 May 1796 | Jenner administers first Vaccine against smallpox |
| 1816 | Typhus & Smallpox |
| 1825 | Smallpox |
| 1826 | Cholera |
| 1830 | Influenza & Cholera |
| 1831 | Cholera |
| 1836 | Influenza |
| 1837 | Typhus |
| 1838 | Measles & Whooping Cough |
| 1840 | Scarlet Fever |
| 1845 | The Great Potato Famine starts in Ireland |
| 1846 | Typhoid |
| 1846 | Influenza |
| 1847 | Typhus & Influenza |
| 1848 | Cholera |
| 1849 | Cholera |
| 1853 | Cholera |
| 1854 | Cholera epidemic leads to demand for clean water supply |
| 1855 | Cholera |
| 1857 | Influenza |
| 1857 | Smallpox |
| 1863 | Smallpox |
| 1865 | Cholera |
| 17 Jun 1867 | Lister performs the first operation using an antiseptic. |
| 1870 | Smallpox |
| 1889 | Influenza |
| 1889 | Influeneza |
| 1901 | Smallpox |
| 1917 | Spanish Influenza |
| 1918 | Influenza |
| 30 Sep 1928 | Discovery of penicillin |
| 1947 | Smallpox |
| 5 Jul 1948 | National Health Service established |
| 1950 | Polio |
| 1957 | Asian Flu |
| 1968 | Hong Kong Flu |
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