Imagine walking down your street and seeing it. In 1665, that mark meant a forty-day death sentence for everyone inside.

As we navigate our own modern health anxieties, we’re looking back at the Great Plague of London—the year the city stood silent, the wealthy fled, and the poor were left to face the "Timeline of Terror."

From the secrets in Samuel Pepys’s diary to the real reason the plague finally ended, we’re diving deep into London’s darkest year.