1st January » The United Kingdom claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
2nd January » Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (1833) or Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands.
6th February » Otto of Greece named Otto becomes the first modern King of Greece.
1st April » The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, begins in San Felipe, Texas called San Felipe de Austin
10th May » The desecration of the grave of the viceroy of Northern and southern Vietnam southern Vietnam Lê Văn Duyệt by Emperor Minh Mạng provokes his Lê Văn Khôi adopted son to Lê Văn Khôi revolt start a revolt.
25th May » The Chilean Constitution of 1833 is promulgated.
6th June » Andrew Jackson becomes the first President of the United States or U.S. President to ride on a train.
5th July » Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers stage a mutiny taking over the Citadel of Saigon or Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng.
5th July » Admiral Charles John Napier Charles Napier vanquishes the navy of the Kingdom of Portugal Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) Battle of Cape St. Vincent.
11th July » Noongar people called Noongar Indigenous Australians known as Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
23rd July » Cornerstones are laid for the construction of the Kirtland Temple in Kirtland, Ohio.
28th August » The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most the British Empire.
2nd September » Oberlin College is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart in Oberlin, Ohio.
11th October » A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
25th November » A massive undersea 1833 Sumatra earthquake called earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
Famous Birthdays in 1833
2nd January » Frederick A. Johnson, American politician (d. 1893)
19th January » Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician (d. 1872)
23rd January » Muthu Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)
28th January » Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (d. 1885)
6th February » José María de Pereda, Spanish author (d. 1906)
6th February » J. E. B. Stuart, American general (d. 1864)
11th February » Melville Fuller, American jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1910)
19th February » Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1906)
25th February » John St. John (Governor of Kansas) called John St. John, American politician, 8th Governor of Kansas (d. 1916)
28th February » Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal (d. 1913)
9th March » Frederick A. Schroeder, German-American businessman and politician (d. 1899)
14th March » Lucy Hobbs Taylor, American dentist (d. 1910)
17th April » Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Belgian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1900)
5th May » Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
7th May » Johannes Brahms, German pianist and composer (d. 1897)
22nd May » Félix Bracquemond, French painter and etcher (d. 1914)
1st June » John Marshall Harlan, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1911)
7th July » Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator (d. 1898)
27th July » Thomas George Bonney, English geologist (d. 1923)
18th June » Robert Hett Chapman, American minister, missionary, and academic (b. 1771)
2nd July » Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata (b. 1757)
5th July » Nicéphore Niépce, French inventor, created the first known View from the Window at Le Gras named photograph (b. 1765)
3rd October » François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (b. 1754)
25th October » Abbas Mirza, Persian prince (b. 1789)
23rd November » Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (France) or French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1762)
17th December » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)