9000 BC 8000 BC 7000 BC 6000 BC 5000 BC 4000 BC 3000 BC 2000 BC 1000 BC 0 100 AD 1st c. 200 AD 2nd c. 300 AD 3rd c. 400 AD 4th c. 500 AD 5th c. 600 AD 6th c. 700 AD 7th c. 800 AD 8th c. 900 AD 9th c. 1000 AD 10th c. 1100 AD 11th c. 1200 AD 12th c. 1300 AD 13th c. 1400 AD 14th c. 1500 AD 15th c. 1600 AD 16th c. 1700 AD 17th c. 1800 AD 18th c. 1900 AD 19th c. 2000 AD 20th c. 2100 AD 21st c. 22st c. ************************* 430 BC Athens ************************* 165 AD Antonine Plague ************************* 250 AD Cyprian Plague ************************* 541 AD Justinian Plague ************************* Leprosy 1000 AD 1100 AD ************************* 1347 AD The Black Death ************************* 1492 AD The Columbian Exchange ************************* 1665 AD The Great Plague Of London ************************* 1817 AD First Cholera Pandemic ************************* 1855 AD The Third Plague Pandemic ************************* 1875 AD Fiji Measles Pandemic ************************* 1889 AD Russian Flu ************************* 1918 AD Spanish Flu ************************* 1957 AD Asian flu ************************* 1981 AD HIV/AIDS ************************* 2003 AD SARS ************************* 2019 AD COVID-19