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The year 2020 is largely marked by the epidemic crisis of the coronavirus or Covid-19. This virus, which affects all continents, shows similarities to epidemics that our ancestors, near or far, may have experienced.
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Major demographic crises of the Ancien Régime by Thierry Sabot, Histoire-Généalogie
Epidemics, plagues and calamities until the year 2000 by the Cercle Généalogique de la Brie
Years of diseases, epidemics, mortality in Brittany on the Guervin Genealogy website
Medicine, climate, plagues on MédicActes
Climate and epidemics calendar of the Cercle Généalogique Finistérien
Epidemics and Famines in the Côtes-d’Armor
Epidemics and famines in France by the Cercle Généalogique Lorrain d’Île de France
Epidemics and famines in France
List of famines in the world on Wikipedia
List of plagues in France by La vie de nos Ancêtres
List of plague epidemics on Wikipedia
Before the coronavirus: lessons from pandemics - La marche de l’Histoire with Jean Lebrun
History of major epidemics and pandemics - Histoire Géo
Major epidemics: from the plague to coronavirus - Sam Vostok
The great plague of the Middle Ages - Nota Bene
At the heart of history: the Great Plague of 1348 - Europe 1
Plague: The great epidemic - INA
Bubonic plague - Nat Geo France
The plague of 1720 in Marseille - Marion Sigaut
Cholera epidemic: the fever of gold - Discovery Channel France
The deadliest epidemic in history (Spanish Flu) - La Folle Histoire
The fight against epidemics in the diocese of Rennes in the 18th century
A great epidemic in France in the 18th century: the dysentery of 1779
An epidemic in Lower Alsace in 1786
Ancient practices and new diseases: the difficult adaptation of health policy in the 19th century
Epidemics in Marseille in the 19th century
Two epidemics in Blésois in the 19th century and their pharmacological treatment
The question of morals during an epidemic
Class hatred during an epidemic
Letters relative to the history of plague epidemics
The plague in the Early Middle Ages
Demographic consequences and interest of the Black Death of 1348
The perception of contemporaries of the plague of 1348
The parish register of Givry (1334-1357) and the Black Death in Burgundy
The population of Paris before the Black Death
The plague in Moncontour in 1500
The plague of 1628 in Rouergue
About the plague in the Alps: the canton of Uri in 1629
Around an ancient epidemic: the plague of 1666-1670
The plague of 1720 in Marseille
The recovery of nuptiality after the plague in Marseille (1720-1721)
Bordeaux and the plague in the first half of the 17th century
Men and the plague in France and European and Mediterranean countries from the origins to 1850
Identifying an epidemic: the work of military doctors on yellow fever in Mexico in 1862 and 1867
The first known description of a yellow fever epidemic, Menda (Mexico) 1648
Cholera. The first epidemic of the 20th century
An "Irish remedy" against cholera
The spread of cholera in France: 1832-1854
Cities spared? The cholera epidemic of 1832 in Elbeuf
Measures taken against the cholera of 1832 in Indre-et-Loire
Cholera and the question of unsanitary housing in Paris (1832-1849)
Aix-en-Provence and cholera in 1835
The epidemic, object of history: cholera in the canton of the Cabannes (1854)
Cholera in England in the 19th century: medicine tested by statistics
Varieties: "the flu" in the 18th century
A tragedy within a tragedy: the Spanish flu in France (April 1918 - April 1919)
The "Spanish flu" of 1918 in Caen and its impact at the Bon-Sauveur
The flu epidemic of 1918 on the islands of Society
A song against the flu - 1991
The flu in old press - Retronews
Cholera in old press - Retronews
The plague in old press - Retronews