An epidemic of measles has killed over…

1876 CE

An epidemic of measles has killed over forty thousand Fijians, about one-third of the Fijian population, in 1875–76, following Britain's annexation of Fiji as colony in 1874.

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Levuka Vita Levu Fiji View →

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Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore View →

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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Kanaka (Pacific island Workers) View → British Raj; India (Indian Empire) View → Fiji, Crown Colony of View →

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Colonization of Oceania, European View →

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Public health View → Catastrophe View →

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