TIL: Spanish colonialism killed at least 40,000 people in Guam ; Wikipedia:: History of Guam

Discovered : Aug 12, 2026 19:13 (UTC) TIL: Spanish colonialism killed at least 40,000 people in Guam ; Wikipedia:: History of Guam - Wikipedia <– QUOTE : Intermittent warfare, plus the typhoons of 1671 and 1693, and in particular the smallpox epidemic of 1688, reduced the Chamorro population from 50,000 to 10,000, finally to less than 5,000.