Called the last great plague of London, the Great Plague began early in the year of 1665 and ended roughly per year later. Officially, over 68,000 people died, however, many believe that how many plague deaths was much better 100,000.During this time, the folks of London lived through one unimaginable horror after another. Families died, dead bodies were often dumped into the streets until we were holding picked up because of the buries, along with the smell of death was everywhere. It was Hell on Earth, and lots of people thought it could be the end of the times.