1833 - What happened in 1833 ?

January 1833

Britain seizes control of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

U.S. President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.

Nat Turner leads his revolt against the Southern plantation owners of Southampton County, Virginia

Slavery abolished in the British colonies

Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.

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