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1832 (MDCCCXXXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1832nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 832nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 32nd year of the 19th century, and the 3rd year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1832, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- Forsyth County, Georgia and Barbour County, Alabama become counties.
- A cholera epidemic affects New York City and other major American cities.
- The University of Durham, England is founded (created).
Births
- January 13 - Horatio Alger, Jr. American boys' writer, in Chelsea, Massachusetts
- January 27 – Lewis Carroll, English children's writer, in Daresbury, Cheshire
- November 29 – Louisa May Alcott American girls' writer, in Germantown, Pennsylvania