Born Then1665–1666
Life during the Great Plague of London
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
The last major outbreak of bubonic plague in England killed about a quarter of London's people in 1665. The rich and the court fled; the poor of the crowded outer parishes died in the largest numbers. The weekly bills of mortality recorded the deaths.
Deaths: about 100,000 in London, almost a quarter of the city.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from recorded statistics.
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