Samuel Pepys Plague Meme
The diaries written by pepys cover the months when the plague first hit london in 1665 to the time in september when it was at its worst to the time in winter when the plague became less of an issue.
Samuel pepys plague meme. Samuel pepys survived the great plague of 1665. Samuel pepys wrote about taverns being full of gadabouts during a plague in 1665. The diary of samuel pepys 1633 1703 gives us a fly on the wall account of life during the 17th century from the devastation of war and plague to the triumphant return of charles ii. One person who stayed in london throughout the 1665 plague was samuel pepys.
The great plague lasting from 1665 to 1666 was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in england it happened within the centuries long second pandemic a period of intermittent bubonic plague epidemics which originated from central asia in 1331 the first year of the black death an outbreak which included other forms such as pneumonic plague and lasted until 1750. M is the samuel pepys coronavirus quote genuine. 23 february 1633 26 may 1703 was an administrator of the navy of england and member of parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man. Historical novelist deborah swift reveals seven fascinating facts about the diarist.
Pepys rose to be the chief secretary to the admiralty under charles ii and later under james ii although pepys had no maritime experience he rose by patronage hard work and his talent for administration. We re seeing it all over the place right now with calls for a blitz spirit. And this encrease runs through many parishes which makes us much fear the next year. Pepys diaries offer a firsthand account of living through that awful year.
The plague is to our great grief encreased nine this week though decreased a few in the total. We know lots about these two events from his diary. But did you know that pepys rescued a cheese during the great fire of london and once kept a lion as a pet. Samuel pepys frs p iː p s peeps.
Samuel pepys 23 february 1633 26 may 1703 was an english administrator at the admiralty and member of parliament he is famous for his diary. He also saw the great fire of london in 1666. It destroyed 13 000 houses. Pepys had no maritime experience but he rose to be the chief secretary to the admiralty under both king charles ii and king james ii through patronage hard work.
The plague encreased this week 29 from 28 though the total fallen from 238 to 207 which do never a whit please me. In july 2020 a quote ostensibly written in 1665 by samuel pepys dubbed the world s greatest diarist by some.