Bitesize: Prevention of disease and vaccination
c1700-1900 · Resource
Edexcel revision guide on Jenner's smallpox vaccine, how vaccination worked without a theory of why, the anti-vaccination reaction, and the state making vaccination compulsory.
On these timelines: BBC Bitesize (revision guides), Resources: Combined
Around 1800
- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
- Haitian Revolution (1791)
- Napoleon's rule of France (1799)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Jenner's smallpox vaccine (1796)
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Napoleonic Wars (1803)
- Battle of Trafalgar (1805)
- Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire (1806)
- Louisiana Purchase (1803)