1833

Years:
1830 1831 1832 - 1833 - 1834 1835 1836

Decades:
1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

List of state leaders in 1833
List of religious leaders in 1833

Events

January 3 - Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.
June 6 - U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.
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.


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