What happened in 1833

15 events　World 1, North America 2, Europe 7, USSR / Russia 1, Asia 1, Middle East 2, Latin America 1

Highlights of 1833

Jan 3EuropeThe United Kingdom reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Jul 8Middle EastThe Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi creates an alliance between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire.
Sep 2North AmericaOberlin College is founded in the U.S. at Oberlin, Ohio.
Nov 25WorldAn 8.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Sumatra in what is now Indonesia.
Dec 18USSR / RussiaThe national anthem of the Russian Empire, God Save the Tsar!, is first performed.
AsiaH.R.H. Prince Mongkut of Siam founds the Dhammayut Buddhist reform movement.

Jan 3The United Kingdom reasserts British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Jul 5Liberal Wars: The forces of Queen Maria II of Portugal win the Battle of Cape St. Vincent, defeating the supporters of her uncle, King Miguel, who usurped the throne in 1828.
Aug 26The Canton of Basel is partitioned by the Swiss Tagsatzung to create the two half-cantons of Basel-City and Basel-Country.
Aug 28The British Slavery Abolition Act 1833, beginning the process of giving slaves in much of the British Empire their freedom, receives royal assent, with an effective date of August 1, 1834. A £20 million fund is established to compensate slaveowners.
Sep 29Three-year-old Isabella II becomes Queen of Spain, under the regency of her mother, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. Her uncle Don Carlos, Conde de Molina challenges her claim, beginning the First Carlist War.
Oct 20Alfred, Lord Tennyson, publishes his oft-quoted poem, Ulysses.
Dec 14Kaspar Hauser, the well known and mysterious German youth, is fatally stabbed. He dies three days later on December 17.

Dec 18The national anthem of the Russian Empire, God Save the Tsar!, is first performed.

May 6The Ottoman Empire promulgates a firman ratifying the Peace Agreement of Kütahya, bringing an end to the Egyptian-Ottoman War.
Jul 8The Treaty of Hünkâr İskelesi creates an alliance between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire.