A measles outbreak in Cuba in 1529…

1528 CE to 1539 CE

A measles outbreak in Cuba in 1529 kills two-thirds of those natives who had previously survived smallpox.

Two years later, measles is responsible for the deaths of half the population of Honduras, and it has ravaged Mexico, Central America, and the Inca civilization.

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Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe) View → Kalinago (Amerind tribe) View → Inca Empire View → Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of View → Spaniards (Latins) View → Cuba (Spanish Colony) View → New Spain, Viceroyalty of View →

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Age of Discovery View → Colonization of the Americas, Spanish View →

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Public health View →

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