1833
| Years: 1830 1831 1832 – 1833 – 1834 1835 1836 | |
| Decades: 1800s 1810s 1820s – 1830s – 1840s 1850s 1860s | |
| Centuries: 18th century – 19th century – 20th century 1833 in topic: Lists of leaders: | |
1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
Events
- January 3, Britain invades the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
- March 2, President Andrew Jackson signs the Force Act, which authorizes him to use troops to enforce Federal law in South Carolina.
- June 6, US President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.
- May 11, French-American farmhand Antoine le Blanc murders family of three.
- September 29, the infant Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mother, Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Her uncle Don Carlos, Conde de Molina challenges her claim, beginning the First Carlist War.
- December 14, assassination of Kaspar Hauser, dies three days later in December 17
- Charles Babbage described his analytical engine. (see also history of computing hardware)
- The dawn of biochemistry: discovery of the first enzyme, diastase, by Anselme Payen
- The British Parliament passes the Slavery Abolition Act giving all slaves in the British Empire their freedom.
Births
- February 11 – Melville Weston Fuller 8th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1910)
- February 28 – Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
- May 7 – Johannes Brahms, German composer (d. 1897)
- July 27 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
- October 21 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor of dynamite, creator of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
- November 6 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
- November 9 – Émile Gaboriau, French writer (d. 1873)
- November 12 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (d. 1887)
Deaths
- January 10 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician (b. 1752)
- April 22 – Richard Trevithick, English inventor (b. 1771)
- July 2 – Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (b. 1757)
- July 5 – Nicéphore Niépce, French photography pioneer (b. 1765)
- September 27 – Roy, Ram Mohan, Hindu reformer (b. 1772)
- September 29 – King Ferdinand VII of Spain (b. 1784)
- Ninian Edwards – Governor of Illinois and Senator from Illinois (b. 1775)
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