Christopher Hamlin

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1817–1818

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Christopher Hamlin, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Onset of the first cholera pandemic

   1817–1818

   Role: Historian (modern scholar cited in the source)

   1. 11817 · JessoreSuspected outbreak in Jessore

      The first cholera pandemic is suspected to have begun in 1817 in the town of Jessore, marking the start of the first Asiatic cholera pandemic.

   2. 2September 1817 · CalcuttaArrival in Calcutta

      By September 1817, cholera reached Calcutta on the Bay of Bengal, facilitating its rapid spread across the Indian subcontinent.

   3. 31818 · BombaySpread to Bombay

      In 1818, the disease broke out in Bombay on the west coast, indicating continued expansion within India.

Sources

1. 1817–1824 cholera pandemic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19