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Illness of Edward VI

England · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1552Date range
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1552

Edward VIApril 1552

London · Science / Medicine

Edward suffers serious infectious illness during the year; later accounts connect this period with measles and smallpox.

Names involved

Edward VI

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