Great Plague of Marseille

The Great Plague of Marseille (French: peste de Marseille), also known as the Plague of Provence, was the last major outbreak of bubonic plague in Western Europe. Arriving in Marseille, France, in 1720, the disease killed over 100,000 people: 50,000 in the city during the next two years, out of a total population of 90,000 (more than 50% of the city's population) and another 50,000 to the north in surrounding…