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This is a timeline of the development of prophylactic vaccines. Early vaccines may so the first year of development or testing but later years usually show the year the vaccine finished trials and came on the market. Although vaccines exist for these human diseases, only smallpox has been eliminated worldwide and these diseases continue to causes ten's of millions of deaths each year. Polio and measles are the current targets of worldwide eradication campaigns.

1 18th century

• 1796 First vaccine for Smallpox, first vaccine for any disease

2 19th century

• 1879 First vaccine for Cholera
• 1881 First vaccine for Anthrax
• 1882 First vaccine for Rabies
• 1890 First vaccine for TetanusTetanus is a serious and often fatal disease caused by the exotoxin tetanospasmin which is produced by the Gram-positive, anaerobic bacterium Clostridium tetani''. It was first documented by Hippocrates, and records dating back to the 5th century BCE prov
• 1890 First vaccine for DiphtheriaThe clinical case definition of diphtheria is: An upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore throat, low-grade fever, and an adherent membrane of the tonsil(s), pharynx, and/or nose. A milder form of diphtheria can also effect the skin. Diphthe
• 1896Events January 4 Utah is admitted as the 45th U. January 5 An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Rontgen discovered a type of radiation later known as X-rays. January 12 H. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. January 18 The X-ray machine is exhib First vaccine for Typhoid feverThis is about the disease typhoid fever. See typhus for an unrelated disease that because of its similar name is often confused with it. Typhoid Fever is an illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella typhi. It is very common worldwide, and is transmitted
• 1897Events January 1 Brooklyn, New York merges with New York City. January 4 A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosheri, son-in-law of the Oba of Benin. This leads to a Punitive Expedition against Benin. February 2 The Pennsylvania state capitol is dest First vaccine for Plague

3 20th century19th century 20th century 21st century more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901- 2000 in the sense of the Gre

• 1926 First vaccine for Pertussis
• 1927 First vaccine for Tuberculosis
• 1932 First vaccine for Yellow Fever
• 1937 First vaccine for Typhus
• 1945 First vaccine for Influenza
• 1952 First vaccine for Polio
• 1954 First vaccine for Japanese encephalitis
• 1957 First vaccine for adenovirus-4 and 7
• 1962 First Oral Polio Vaccine
• 1964 First vaccine for Measles
• 1967 First vaccine for Mumps
• 1970 First vaccine for Rubella
• 1974 First vaccine for Chicken Pox
• 1977 First vaccine for Pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae)
• 1978 First vaccine for Meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis)
• 1981 First vaccine for Hepatitis B
• 1985 First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB)
• 1992 First vaccine for Hepatitis A
• 1998 First vaccine for Lyme Disease
• 1998 First vaccine for rotavirus