Timeline December 1832

Events in December 1832 2

• 1832 Cholera epidemic devastates Paris Second cholera pandemic reaches Western Europe An outbreak of Asiatic cholera struck Paris in the spring of 1832, killing around 20,000 people in the city within months, including Prime Minister Casimir Pierre Périer. The epidemic was part of the second cholera pandemic, which spread from Asia through Europe and crossed the Atlantic to Quebec and New York later that year. It caused widespread panic and prompted early public health reforms.
• 1832 Battle of Konya Egyptian forces rout Ottoman army in Anatolia In the First Egyptian-Ottoman War, the Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha decisively defeated Ottoman forces near Konya, capturing the Ottoman grand vizier. The victory opened the road toward Constantinople and forced the Ottoman sultan to seek Russian military assistance. The war ended the following year with Egypt gaining control of Syria.