1832
This page is about the year 1832. For the board game, see 1832.1832 was a
leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
February
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February 9 - The
Florida Legislative Council grants a city charter for
Jacksonville, Florida.
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February 12 -
Ecuador annexes the
Galapagos Islands.
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February 12 –
Cholera breaks out in
London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to
France and
North America later this year.
March
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March 24 - In
Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat,
tar and feather Mormon leader
Joseph Smith, Jr..
April
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April 6 -
USA: The
Black Hawk War begins.
May
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May 7 - The
Treaty of London creates an independent
Kingdom of
Greece.
Otto of Wittelsbach, Prince of Bavaria is chosen
King. Thus begins the
History of modern Greece.
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May 11 -
Greece is recognized as a sovereign nation -
Treaty of Constantinople ends the
Greek War of Independence next July.
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May 27 - War between the
Ottoman Empire and
Egypt. The
Egyptians, aided by
Maronites, seize
Acre after a seven-month
siege.
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May 30 -
Germany:
Hambacher Fest, a demonstration for
civil liberties and
national unity ends with no result.
June
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June 5 -
France: anti-
monarchist riot briefly breaks out in
Paris.
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June 6 - The Barricades fall and the Student Uprisings of 1832 end.
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June 15 - Seizure of
Damascus by
Egyptian forces.
July
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July 4th -
The University of Durham is founded by act of parliament and given royal assent by King William IV.
December
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December 4 -
Battle of Antwerp: The last remaining
Dutch enforcement, the
citadel, is under
French attack.
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December 21 -
Battle of Konya: The
Egyptians defeat the main
Ottoman army in
Central Anatolia.
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December 23 -
Battle of Antwerp ended. The
Netherlands loses
Antwerp.
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January 6 -
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died
1883)
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January 13 -
Horatio Alger, Jr., American Unitarian minister and author (died
1899)
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January 23 -
Edouard Manet, French painter (died
1883)
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January 27 -
Lewis Carroll, English author (died
1898)
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April 19 -
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (died
1916)
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May 14 -
Charles Peace, British criminal (died
1879)
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May 28 -
Tony Pastor, American vaudeville and theater impresario (died
1908)
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June 17 - Sir
William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died
1919)
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July 6 - Emperor
Maximilian I of Mexico (died
1867)
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October 2 -
Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died
1917)
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August 8 - King
Georg I of Saxony (died
1904)
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November 29 -
Louisa May Alcott, American author (died
1888)
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December 8 -
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author,
Nobel Prize laureate (died
1910)
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December 15 -
Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (died
1923)
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March 4 -
Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (born
1790)
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March 10 -
Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (born
1752)
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March 22 -
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (born
1749)
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May 13 -
Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (born
1769)
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May 31 -
Évariste Galois, French mathematician (born
1811)
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June 6 -
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (born
1748)
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June 23 -
James Hall, Scottish geologist (born
1761)
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July 22 -
Napoleon II of France (born
1811)
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September 2 -
Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (born
1754)
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September 21 -
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (born
1771)
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November 14 -
Charles Carroll of Carrollton,
Declaration of Independence signer and U.S. Senator (born
1737)
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1832 in the United Kingdom
