The Great Plague of 1665

   The Great Plague of 1665  What was The Great Pl ag ue of 1665? The Great Plague of 1665 was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England, it lasted for a year from the year 1665 to the year 1666 (it was similar to the Black Death). The symptoms of the plague include : painful swelling, vomiting, fever, dizziness, hallucinations, coughing up blood and bleeding under skin which caused dark blotches to appear. In the same year (1666) the Great Fire of London occurred, it had helped reduce the plague but it didn't end the plague.  W hat caused the plague? How did it spread so rapidly?  Due to the filthy streets of England, The Great Plague was caused by Yersinia Pestis. It was  bacterium associated with other plague outbreaks before and since the Great Plague of London. Rats were usually seen on the streets, it was what carried the fleas around which caused the Plague. Because people back in the days didn't know much about bacteria, and because the streets w