The Bubonic Plague, Yersinia Pestis, arrives in London at the end of 1664. By the end of 1665, it will have killed 200,000 people all across England and Wales.

• Evelyn Lord, The Great Plague: A People's History.
• Dorothy Moote, The great plague: the story of London's most deadly year.
• Charles River, The Great Plague of London: The History and Legacy of England’s Last Major Outbreak of the Bubonic Plague
• Rebecca Rideal, 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire.

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