
1832
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      Background Information
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium | 
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century | 
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s – 1830s – 1840s 1850s 1860s | 
| Years: | 1829 1830 1831 – 1832 – 1833 1834 1835 | 
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
- 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 24 - In Hiram, Ohio a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr..
 
April - June
- April 6 - USA: The Black Hawk War begins.
 - 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 in 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.
 - May 30 - Canada: the Rideau Canal in eastern Ontario is first opened.
 - June 5 - France: anti- monarchist riot briefly breaks out in Paris.
 - June 6 - The Barricades fall and the Student Uprisings of 1832 end.
 - June 7 - The Reform Act 1832 became law in Britain.
 
July - September
- July 4 - The University of Durham is founded by act of parliament and given royal assent by King William IV.
 - September - Belvedere College, Dublin, is founded by the order of the Jesuit Society of Ireland.
 
October - December
- October 19 - Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity is founded at Hamilton College.
 - 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.
 
Undated
- George Catlin starts to live among the Sioux in the Dakota Territory.
 
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1832 MDCCCXXXII  | 
        
| Ab urbe condita | 2585 | 
| Armenian calendar | 1281 ԹՎ ՌՄՁԱ  | 
        
| Assyrian calendar | 6582 | 
| Bahá'í calendar | -12–-11 | 
| Bengali calendar | 1239 | 
| Berber calendar | 2782 | 
| British Regnal year | 2 Will. 4 – 3 Will. 4 | 
| Buddhist calendar | 2376 | 
| Burmese calendar | 1194 | 
| Byzantine calendar | 7340–7341 | 
| Chinese calendar |  辛卯年十一月廿九日 (4468/4528-11-29) — to —  壬辰年十一月初十日(4469/4529-11-10)  | 
        
| Coptic calendar | 1548–1549 | 
| Ethiopian calendar | 1824–1825 | 
| Hebrew calendar | 5592–5593 | 
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1888–1889 | 
| - Shaka Samvat | 1754–1755 | 
| - Kali Yuga | 4933–4934 | 
| Holocene calendar | 11832 | 
| Igbo calendar | |
| - Ǹrí Ìgbò | 832–833 | 
| Iranian calendar | 1210–1211 | 
| Islamic calendar | 1247–1248 | 
| Japanese calendar |  Tenpō 3 (天保3年)  | 
        
| Juche calendar | N/A (before 1912) | 
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days | 
| Korean calendar | 4165 | 
| Minguo calendar | 80 before ROC 民前80年  | 
        
| Thai solar calendar | 2375 | 
January - June
- 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 21 - James Hudson Taylor, founder of the China Inland Mission (d. 1905)
 - May 28 - Tony Pastor, American vaudeville and theatre impresario (d. 1908)
 - June 17 - Sir William Crookes, English chemist and physicist (d. 1919)
 
July - December
- July 6 - Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico (d. 1867)
 - July 11 - Charilaos Trikoupis, 7-time Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1896)
 - October 1 - Caroline Harrison, wife of President Benjamin Harrison (d. 1892)
 - October 2 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
 - October 10 - Joe Cain, American parade organizer for Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama (d. 1904)
 - August 8 - King Georg I of Saxony (d. 1904)
 - November 28 - Leslie Stephen, English writer and critic (d. 1904)
 - November 29 - Louisa May Alcott, American author (d. 1888)
 - December 8 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
 - December 15 - Gustave Eiffel, French engineer (d. 1923)
 - December 21 - John H. Ketcham, American politician (d. 1906)
 
Deaths
January - June
- March 4 - Jean-François Champollion, French Egyptologist (b. 1790)
 - March 10 - Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
 - March 22 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
 - May 13 - Georges Cuvier, French zoologist (b. 1769)
 - May 31 - Évariste Galois, French mathematician (b. 1811)
 - June 6 - Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher (b. 1748)
 - June 23 - James Hall, Scottish geologist (b. 1761)
 
July - December
- 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, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence signer and U.S. Senator (b. 1737)
 
