Memphis

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1873–1893

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Memphis, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Yellow fever epidemic in the Mississippi Valley

   1873–1893

   Role: Principal focus of the epidemic

   1. 1August–November 1873 · Shreveport, Louisiana1873 Shreveport Precautions

      The 1873 epidemic in Shreveport prompted the National Quarantine Act of 1878 and regional precautions.

   2. 21878 (started by March) · Lower Mississippi Valley1878 Mississippi Valley Outbreak

      A severe yellow fever epidemic swept through the lower Mississippi Valley in 1878; Memphis recorded more than 5,000 deaths in its official register.

   3. 31879–1893 · Memphis1879 Memphis Sanitary Reform

      Memphis lost its charter and formed new health organizations following the 1878 epidemic.

Sources

1. Memphis, Tennessee Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26