Asiatic flu pandemic 1890-91 Epidemic Part of the Asiatic or Russian flu pandemic which swept the world in 1889-91 and killed more than one million people worldwide. Milestone Date of event 1890 - 1891 {"name":"Date of event","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1890<\/span><span class='separator'> - <\/span><span class='date'>1891<\/span>"},"date_start":"1890-01-01","date_end":"1891-01-01"} Type Epidemic {"name":"Epidemic","target":"","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'><\/span>"},"date_start":null,"date_end":null}