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Topic: Great Famine of Finland (1695-1697)

Great Famine of Finland (1695-1697)

Years: 1695 - 1697

The Great Famine of Finland, also referred to as The Years of Many Deaths by some Finnish historians, kills about a third of the Finnish population in two years

"In fact, if we revert to history, we shall find that the women who have distinguished themselves have neither been the most beautiful nor the most gentle of their sex."

― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication... (1792)