1832
- For the board game, see 1832 (board game).
| Centuries: | 18th century · 19th century · 20th century |
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s 1830s 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Years: | 1829 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1832 MDCCCXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2585 |
| Armenian calendar | 1281 ԹՎ ՌՄՁԱ |
| Chinese calendar | 4468/4528-11-29 (辛卯年十一月廿九日) — to — 4469/4529-11-10(壬辰年十一月初十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1824 – 1825 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5592 – 5593 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1887 – 1888 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1754 – 1755 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4933 – 4934 |
| Iranian calendar | 1210 – 1211 |
| Islamic calendar | 1248 – 1249 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2375 |
1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar).
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Events
February
- February 9 - The Florida Legislative Council grants a city charter for Jacksonville, Florida.
- 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
- March 24 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
April
- April 6 - USA: The Black Hawk War begins.
May
- 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.
- 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.
- May 30 - Germany: Hambacher Fest, a demonstration for civil liberties and national unity ends with no result.
June
- June 5 - France: anti-monarchist riot briefly breaks out in Paris.
- June 6 - The Barricades fall and the Student Uprisings of 1832 end.
- June 15 - Seizure of Damascus by Egyptian forces.
July
- July 4 - The University of Durham is founded by act of parliament and given royal assent by King William IV.
December
- 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 loses Antwerp.
Births
- January 6 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (died 1883)
- January 13 - Horatio Alger, Jr., American Unitarian minister and author (died 1899)
- January 23 - Edouard Manet, French painter (died 1883)
- January 27 - Lewis Carroll, English author (died 1898)
- April 19 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1916)
- May 14 - Charles Peace, British criminal (died 1879)
- May 21 - James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission (died 1905)
- May 28 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville and theater impresario (died 1908)
- June 17 - Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (died 1919)
- July 6 - Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (died 1867)
- July 11 - Charilaos Trikoupis, 7-time Prime Minister of Greece (died 1896)
- October 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (died 1917)
- August 8 - King Georg I of Saxony (died 1904)
- November 28 - Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (died 1904)
- November 29 - Louisa May Alcott, American author (died 1888)
- December 8 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1910)
- December 15 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (died 1923)
Deaths
- March 4 - Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (born 1790)
- March 10 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (born 1752)
- March 22 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (born 1749)
- May 13 - Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (born 1769)
- May 31 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (born 1811)
- June 6 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (born 1748)
- June 23 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (born 1761)
- July 22 - Napoleon II of France (born 1811)
- September 2 - Franz Xaver, Baron von Zach, Austrian scientific editor and astronomer (born 1754)
- September 21 - Sir Walter Scott, Scottish writer (born 1771)
- November 14 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Declaration of Independence signer and U.S. Senator (born 1737)
See also
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