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1832

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{{yearbox| | in?= | cp=18th century | c=19th century | cf=20th century | yp1=1829 | yp2=1830 | yp3=1831 | year=1832 | ya1=1833 | ya2=1834 | ya3=1835 | dp3=1800s | dp2=1810s | dp1=1820s | d=1830s | dn1=1840s | dn2=1850s | dn3=1860s }} 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).

Events

- February 12 - Ecuador annexes the Galapagos Islands.

- February 12 – Cholera breaks out in London, claiming at least 3000 victims. It spreads to France and North America later this year.

- March 24 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..

- April 6 - History of the United States|USA: The Black Hawk War begins.

- May 7 - The Treaty of London, 1832|Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece. Otto of Greece is chosen Otto of Greece is chosen List of Kings of Greece|King. Thus begins the History of modern Greece.

- May 11 - Greece is recognized as a sovereign nation - Treaty of Constantinople ends the Greek War of Independence next July.

- 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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- June 15 - Seizure of Damascus by Egyptian forces.

- July 9 - Republic of Indian Stream comes into its brief existence (until 1835, in present-day New Hampshire, United States of America|USA).

- December 4 - Battle of Antwerp. The last remaining Dutch enforcement, the citadel, is under French attack.

- December 21 - Battle of Konya. The Egyptians defeat the main Ottoman army in Central Anatolia.

- December 23 - Battle of Antwerp ended. The Netherlands looses Antwerp.

Births

- January 6 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)

- January 13 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American Unitarian minister and author (d. 1899)

- January 23 - Edouard Manet, French painter (d. 1883)

- January 27 - Lewis Carroll, English author (d. 1898)

- April 19 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1916)

- May 14 - Charles Peace, British criminal (d. 1879)

- May 28 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville and theater impresario (d. 1908)

- June 17 - Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)

- July 6 - Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)

- October 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)

- August 8 - King George of Saxony (d. George of Saxony (d. 1904)

- November 29 - Louisa May Alcott, American author (d. 1888)

- December 8 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)

- December 15 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (d. 1923)

Deaths

- March 4 - Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (b. 1790)

- March 10 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)

- March 13 - Samuel Eells, Founder of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity (b. 1810)

- March 22 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)

- May 13 - Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (b. 1769)

- June 6 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)

- June 23 - James Hall (geologist)|James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)

- July 22 - Napoleon II of France (b. 1811)

- September 2 - Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (b. 1754)

- September 21 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (b. 1771)

- November 14 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Declaration of Independence signer and U.S. Senator (b. 1737)

See also

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