Year '1832' ('
MDCCCXXXII') was a
leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Gregorian Calendar (or a
leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower
Julian calendar).
Events of 1832
January - March
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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.
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March 24 - In
Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat,
tar and feather Mormon leader
Joseph Smith, Jr..
April - June
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April 6 -
USA: The
Black Hawk War begins.
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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 in 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.
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May 30 -
Canada: the
Rideau Canal in eastern
Ontario is first opened.
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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 7 - The
Reform Act 1832 became law in Britain.
July - September
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July 4 -
The University of Durham is founded by act of parliament and given royal assent by King William IV.
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September -
Belvedere College,
Dublin, is founded by the order of the
Jesuit Society of Ireland.
October - December
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October 19 -
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity is founded at Hamilton College.
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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.
Births
January - June
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January 6 -
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d.
1883)
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January 13 -
Horatio Alger, Jr., American Unitarian minister and author (d.
1899)
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January 23 -
Edouard Manet, French painter (d.
1883)
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January 27 -
Lewis Carroll, English author (d.
1898)
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April 19 -
José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1916)
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May 14 -
Charles Peace, British criminal (d.
1879)
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May 21 -
James Hudson Taylor, founder of the
China Inland Mission (d.
1905)
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May 28 -
Tony Pastor, American vaudeville and theater impresario (d.
1908)
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June 17 - Sir
William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d.
1919)
July - December
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July 6 - Emperor
Maximilian I of Mexico (d.
1867)
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July 11 -
Charilaos Trikoupis, 7-time
Prime Minister of Greece (d.
1896)
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October 1 -
Caroline Harrison, wife of President
Benjamin Harrison (d.
1892)
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October 2 -
Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d.
1917)
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October 10 -
Joe Cain, American parade organizer for
Mardi Gras in Mobile,
Alabama (d.
1904)
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August 8 - King
Georg I of Saxony (d.
1904)
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November 28 -
Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (d.
1904)
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November 29 -
Louisa May Alcott, American author (d.
1888)
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December 8 -
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1910)
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December 15 -
Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (d.
1923)
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December 21 -
John H. Ketcham, American politician (d.
1906)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
January - June
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March 4 -
Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (b.
1790)
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March 10 -
Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b.
1752)
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March 22 -
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b.
1749)
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May 13 -
Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (b.
1769)
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May 31 -
Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b.
1811)
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June 6 -
Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b.
1748)
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June 23 -
James Hall, Scottish geologist (b.
1761)
July - December
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July 22 -
Napoleon II of France (b.
1811)
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September 2 -
Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (b.
1754)
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September 21 -
Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (b.
1771)
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November 14 -
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the
United States Declaration of Independence signer and U.S. Senator (b.
1737)
: ''See also .''
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