Significant Events
- Mar 22 British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passes the Reform Act, introducing wide-ranging changes to electoral system of England and Wales, increasing electorate from about 500,000 voters to 813,000
- May 21 1st Democratic National Convention (Baltimore)
- Jul 13 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft
- Jul 24 Benjamin Bonneville leads the first wagon train across the Rocky Mountains by Wyoming's South Pass
- Aug 2 Battle of Bad Axe, Wisconsin: 1,300 Illinois militia defeat Sauk & Fox Native Americans ending the Black Hawk War in the US
World Leaders in 1832
Andrew Jackson
US President & General
Charles Grey
British Prime Minister
Edouard Manet
Gustave Eiffel
Lewis Carroll
Louisa May Alcott
Maximilian IFamous Weddings
- Aug 9 King Leopold I of Belgium marries Louisa Maria
- Dec 20 Inventor William Henry Fox Talbot (32) weds Constance Mundy
Georges Cuvier
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheArticles on Events in 1832
The Man Who Sold His Wife
Most modern readers believe Thomas Hardy was plunging into deep fiction when he wrote about a man selling his wife in, The Mayor of Casterbridge. He wasn't.
April 7, 1832
The Tower that Twice Defied Hitler
The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of France and twice managed to upstage Adolf Hitler. The man who built it, Gustave Eiffel was born on this day.
December 15, 1832