More Info on Smallpox

(Above) This is what the smallpox virus looks like.


This list of well known people really shows how common Smallpox was prior to eradication.

• Queen Mary II of England (died)
• Emperor Joseph I of Austria (died)
• King Luis I of Spain (died)
• Tsar Peter II of Russia (died in 1730)
• Queen Ulrika Elenora of Sweden (died)
• King Louis XV of France (died in 1774)
• U.S. President George Washington (survived in 1751)
• Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria (died in 1777)
• Margaret, Queen of Scotland (sister to King Henry VIII, survived)
• Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of Henry VIII, survived)
• Mary 1 of England (daughter of King Henry VIII, survived in 1527)
• Queen Elizabeth I of England (daughter of King Henry VIII, survived in 1562 but was heavily scarred)
• Abraham Lincoln (survived)