Timeline from 6th Century to 2001

Timeline from 6th Century to 2001 illustrating historical events that employed bioterrorism. Selected events start with "Assyrians and Solon poison wells" and ends with "CDC confirms 16 anthrax cases."

6th Century - Assyrians and Solon poison wells

184 B.C. - Hannibal hurls serpents

1346 - Tartars hurl plague victims

15th Century - Pizarro gives Indians "gift" blankets

1767 - Amherst delivers smallpox via blankets and handkerchiefs

1797 - Napoleon delivers swamp fever

1860-1865 - Confederate soldiers poison ponds

1914-17 - Germans spread cholera & plague?

1925 - Geneva protocol bans biological weapons

1940 - Japanese drop plague in Ninpo

1984 - Rajneeshee cult

2001 - CDC confirms 16 anthrax cases