Disasters with highest death tolls - Great Irish Famine
Time: 1840s
Place: Ireland
Details: The Great Famine, or the Great Hunger, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1849. During the famine, about one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.
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