The description you provided best fits the bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, which impacted large parts of Europe, Asia, and Africa in the 14th century and caused millions of deaths. The Spanish influenza and the coronavirus pandemic are also significant but occurred at different times and had different geographical scopes. Malaria, while deadly, is not classified as a pandemic in the same sense as the others mentioned.
This affected the entire known world, stretching from China to Africa and Europe and caused many deaths. This was the first known pandemic
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malaria
malaria
spanish influenza
spanish influenza
bubonic plague
bubonic plague
corona virus
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