Rebellious enslaved people set fire to Paramaribo, Suriname
Rebellious enslaved people set fire to Paramaribo, Suriname
Rebellious enslaved people set fire to Paramaribo, Suriname
Events Before
Slave plantation owner Charles Farquharson begins his diary at Prospect Hill Plantation, Watlings Island (San Salvador),
Slave plantation owner Charles Farquharson begins his diary at Prospect Hill Plantation, Watlings Island (San Salvador), the only plantation diary to survive from the Bahamas (ends Dec 1832) [1]
Soldier and future Confederate General Robert E. Lee (24) marries Mary Custis (22) at Arlington House, Arlington Virgini
Soldier and future Confederate General Robert E. Lee (24) marries Mary Custis (22) at Arlington House, Arlington Virginia
"America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" with lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith has its first public performance at Park Street
"America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" with lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith has its first public performance at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts
Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first Head of State of modern Greece, is assassinated in Nafplion
Count Ioannis Antoniou Kapodistrias, sometimes anglicized as John Capodistrias, was a Greek statesman who was one of the most distinguished politicians and diplomats of 19th-century...
Michael Faraday demonstrates his dynamo invention, an electric generator
Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism.
Events After
Curaçao census: 2,602 white people, 6,531 free people, 5,894 enslaved people
Curaçao census: 2,602 white people, 6,531 free people, 5,894 enslaved people
French composer Hector Berlioz (29) weds Irish actress Harriet Smithson (30) at the British Embassy in Paris, France
French composer Hector Berlioz (29) weds Irish actress Harriet Smithson (30) at the British Embassy in Paris, France
The British Royal Navy arrives at the Falkland Islands and reasserts sovereignty
In December 1832, the United Kingdom sent two naval vessels to re-assert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), after the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata...
Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic
The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was the short-lived Argentine occupation of a group of British islands in the South Atlantic whose sovereignty...
Boston Academy of Music, first US music school, is established
Boston Academy of Music, first US music school, is established
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Slave plantation owner Charles Farquharson begins his diary at Prospect Hill Plantation, Watlings Island (San Salvador),
Slave plantation owner Charles Farquharson begins his diary at Prospect Hill Plantation, Watlings Island (San Salvador), the only plantation diary to survive from the Bahamas (ends Dec 1832) [1]
Curaçao census: 2,602 white people, 6,531 free people, 5,894 enslaved people
Curaçao census: 2,602 white people, 6,531 free people, 5,894 enslaved people
German Zollverein (Customs Union) comes into effect
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First official horse race in South Australia takes place in Adelaide
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