Smallpox decimates the Americas
1520–1600 · Event
European diseases kill an estimated 90% of indigenous populations over the 16th century.
On these timelines: Master, Medicine & Public Health
Around 1520
- The Reformation (1517)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- William Shakespeare (1564)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Martin Luther (1483)
- Mona Lisa (1503)