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1833 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1833 – The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
•  April 1, 1833 – The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe de Austin
•  May 25, 1833 – The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
•  July 5, 1833 – Admiral Charles Napier defeats the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
•  July 11, 1833 – Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
•  July 23, 1833 – Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
•  August 28, 1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
•  September 2, 1833 – Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
•  October 11, 1833 – A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
•  November 25, 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2 rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.

•  February 11, 1833 – Melville Weston Fuller, American jurist and 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
•  February 19, 1833 – Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1906)
•  March 14, 1833 – Lucy Hobbs Taylor, first female dentist in the United States (d. 1910)
•  July 27, 1833 – Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
•  August 5, 1833 – Queen Carola of Vasa, Austrian consort of Albert of Saxony (d. 1907)
•  August 11, 1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
•  August 20, 1833 – Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
•  November 12, 1833 – Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
•  November 19, 1833 – Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
•  November 24, 1833 – Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)