Important 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
1832 in Music
- Mar 12 The ballet La Sylphide first premieres at the Opéra de Paris.
- May 14 Felix Mendelssohn's concert overture "Hebrides" premieres in London
Edouard Manet
Gustave Eiffel
Lewis Carroll
Louisa May Alcott
Maximilian IWorld Leaders in 1832
Andrew Jackson
US President & General- Charles Grey
British Prime Minister
Andrew Jackson
Charles GreyFamous 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
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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 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
