Fire, flood or disaster · 1710
Plague in Tallinn
In 1710, as Russian troops blockaded Swedish Tallinn, plague broke out in the overcrowded town, packed with refugees from the countryside. The epidemic raged through the summer and autumn and killed a large part of the inhabitants. Across Estland and Livland the plague of 1710–1711 is estimated to have claimed up to 200,000 lives, more than half the population, and it was the last plague epidemic in Estonia. Many towns and villages had to be repopulated after the war.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1710. aastal, kui Vene väed blokeerisid Rootsi Tallinna, puhkes maalt pagenud põgenikest ülerahvastatud linnas katk. Epideemia möllas suve ja sügise läbi ning tappis suure osa elanikest. Kogu Eesti- ja Liivimaal nõudis 1710.–1711. aasta katk hinnanguliselt kuni 200 000 inimelu ehk üle poole rahvastikust ning see oli viimane katkuepideemia Eestis. Paljud linnad ja külad tuli pärast sõda uuesti asustada.
Source: https://tuna.ra.ee/en/the-defeat-of-the-plague-twenty-five-decades-ago/ ↗