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| 800 BC || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || || The oldest reference to disinfection of premises with a chemical product seems to be that described by [[w:Homer (Homero)|Homer]] in book xii of the ''{{w|Odyssey}}'', where the hero, having killed his rivals, demands that sulphur be burnt in the house which they had occupied.<ref name="oie.int"/> ||
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| 1347–1348 || {{w|Social distancing}} ({{w|cuarantine}}) || {{w|Plague}} || "The term “quarantine” is derived from the Italian number “quaranta,” or 40, and the practice originated in 1347-1348, when the “Black Plague” was sweeping Europe."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Science of Social Distancing |url=https://asm.org/Articles/2020/April/The-Science-of-Social-Distancing |website=asm.org |accessdate=31 July 2020}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1363 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || Wound infection || Alcohol as an {{w|antiseptic}} is recommended for wound treatment by French physician {{w|Guy de Chauliac}}.<ref name="Block">{{cite book |last1=Block |first1=Seymour Stanton |title=Disinfection, Sterilization, and Preservation |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=3f-kPJ17_TYC&pg=PA229&lpg=PA229&dq=1363+++Alcohol+is+already+used+as+an+antiseptic.&source=bl&ots=KnIjEt4ON0&sig=ACfU3U19gDSSAKOZfh3tqGXdv6oIFH6fBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjF25rkucbpAhXwHrkGHSxCCB0Q6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1363%20%20%20Alcohol%20is%20already%20used%20as%20an%20antiseptic.&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|France}}
| 1730 || {{w|Disinfectant}} introduction || {{w|Glanders}} infection || {{w|Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor}} decrees that stables which have housed glanderous horses should be plastered with {{w|quicklime}}. Such arrangements figure in numerous texts published in Europe around the time.<ref name="oie.int"/> || {{w|Europe}}
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| 1733 || Infection control {{w|Social distancing}} ({{w|quarantine}}) || {{w|Leprosy}} || The {{w|Lazzaretto of Ancona}} starts being built on an artificial island as a {{w|quarantine}} station and {{w|leprosarium}} for the port town of {{w|Ancona, Italy}}.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Curl |first1=James Stevens |last2=Wilson |first2=Susan |title=The Oxford Dictionary of Architecture |url=https://books.google.com.ar/books?id=e-KrCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2202&lpg=PT2202&dq=Lazzaretto+of+Ancona+1733&source=bl&ots=iqPpVJruQt&sig=ACfU3U3ArCi24YJmVOLQBl7syXYkt87Nlg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikho2s88XqAhWTIbkGHQzkDHsQ6AEwEHoECCYQAQ#v=onepage&q=Lazzaretto%20of%20Ancona%201733&f=false}}</ref> || {{w|Italy}}
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| 1745 || Infection prevention || {{w|Plague}} || A decree in {{w|Oldenburg}} prescribes the cleaning with {{w|caustic soda}} of troughs from which cattle with plague have fed, and the cleaning of the woodwork and walls of their houses with lime-wash.<ref name="oie.int"/> || {{w|Germany}}
