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The pandemic reached Northern Africa in 1865 and spread to sub-Saharan Africa, killing 70,000 in Zanzibar in 1869–1870. [48] Cholera claimed 90,000 lives in Russia in 1866. [ 49 ] The epidemic of cholera that spread with the Austro-Prussian War (1866) is estimated to have taken 165,000 lives in the Austrian Empire , including 30,000 each in ...
The second cholera pandemic spread from Russia to the rest of Europe, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. [11] By 1831, the epidemic had infiltrated Russia's main cities and towns. Russian soldiers brought the disease to Poland in February 1831. There were reported to have been 250,000 cases of cholera and 100,000 deaths in Russia. [7]
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic that occurred in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [2] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [3] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and spread by fleas and through the air.
Map showing the spread of the Black Death (bubonic plague) in Europe during the 1331–1351 pandemic which is believed to have started in China and spread west, reaching the Black Sea by 1347 Plague Riot in Moscow in 1771: During the course of the city's plague , between 50,000 and 100,000 died (1/6 to 1/3 of its population).
The pandemic reached Northern Africa in 1865 and spread to sub-Saharan Africa, killing 70,000 in Zanzibar in 1869–70. [3] Cholera claimed 90,000 lives in Russia in 1866. [ 4 ] The epidemic of cholera that spread with the Austro-Prussian War (1866) is estimated to have taken 165,000 lives in the Austrian Empire , including 30,000 each in ...
Europe Unknown, possibly smallpox: 310,000 [39] [40] Plague of Justinian (beginning of first plague pandemic) 541–549 Europe and West Asia: Bubonic plague: 15–100 million [5] [41] [42] 580 Dysentery Epidemic in Gaul: 580 Gaul: Dysentery or possibly smallpox 450,000 (10% of the Gaul population) [43] Roman Plague of 590 (part of first plague ...
The spread of diseases across wide geographic scales has increased through history. Early diseases that spread from Asia to Europe were bubonic plague, influenza of various types, and similar infectious diseases. In the current era of globalization, the world is more interdependent than at any other time.
The first cholera pandemic started in 1816, spread across India by 1820, [19] and extended to Southeast Asia and Central Europe, lasting until 1826. A second cholera pandemic began in 1829, reached Russia, causing the Cholera riots. It spread to Hungary, Germany and Egypt in 1831, [20] and London, Paris, Quebec, Ontario and New York City the ...