May 14, 1796★★★★★
Jenner's smallpox vaccination
Edward Jenner inoculates the boy James Phipps with cowpox material, pioneering vaccination against smallpox.
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Timeline
3 events18th century
19th century
- 1854★★★★★
John Snow traces the Broad Street cholera outbreak
The physician John Snow links a London cholera outbreak to a public water pump, a founding moment of modern epidemiology.
ScienceDisease· United Kingdom
21st century
- December 8, 2020★★★★★
First approved COVID-19 vaccination
The United Kingdom gives the first doses of the fully authorised Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, beginning a global vaccination campaign.
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