Events, Verisoph

22 June 1815 Fall of the First French Empire 0 cit. After defeat at Waterloo, Napoleon abdicated a second time on 22 June 1815. His fall ended the First French Empire and restored the Bourbon monarchy. politics / war ●●●●

9 June 1815 Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe 0 cit. The Congress of Vienna closed with a Final Act reorganizing Europe after the Napoleonic Wars. It established the Concert of Europe, a loose system by which the great powers managed international affairs through periodic congresses. politics / war ●●●●●

8 February 1815 Congress of Vienna condemns the trade 0 cit. The European powers issued a joint declaration condemning the slave trade as contrary to justice. The statement carried no enforcement, but it set an international standard against the traffic. politics ●●

1815 War of the Seventh Coalition 0 cit. In 1815 the allied powers united once more to defeat Napoleon after his return from Elba, a campaign settled at Waterloo. politics / war ●●●●

1 March 1815 Napoleon's Return from Elba 0 cit. On 1 March 1815 Napoleon landed in southern France after escaping Elba, beginning the period known as the Hundred Days as he retook power without a shot. politics / war ●●●●

22 June 1815 Second Abdication of Napoleon 0 cit. On 22 June 1815 Napoleon abdicated a second time after the defeat at Waterloo, ending the Hundred Days. politics ●●●●

15 October 1815 Napoleon's Exile to Saint Helena 0 cit. In October 1815 Napoleon arrived on the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena, where the British held him in captivity for the rest of his life. politics ●●●

20 November 1815 Second Treaty of Paris 0 cit. Signed on 20 November 1815 after Waterloo, the treaty imposed stricter terms on France, including an indemnity and reduced borders. politics ●●●

8 June 1815 German Confederation Established 0 cit. On 8 June 1815 the Congress of Vienna created a loose confederation of German states to replace the vanished Holy Roman Empire. politics ●●●

c. 1815 Concert of Europe 0 cit. After 1815 the great powers cooperated through periodic congresses to manage disputes and preserve the balance of power, keeping general peace for decades. politics ●●●●

c. 1815 Rise of European Nationalism 0 cit. The revolutionary and Napoleonic era spread ideas of popular sovereignty and national identity that fueled nationalist movements across nineteenth century Europe. politics / society ●●●●

1815 Nathan Rothschild and the Waterloo bond myth 0 cit. Nathan Mayer Rothschild made his London house a major force in British government finance around the Napoleonic Wars. A popular legend claims he got early news of Waterloo and made a killing crashing the market, a story pushed hardest in antisemitic propaganda and not supported by the evidence. The real achievement was ordinary hard finance, raising loans and trading bonds, not a secret coup. economy / politics ●●

c. 1815 Pax Britannica and the primacy of the Royal Navy 0 cit. After the defeat of Napoleon, Britain emerged as the world's leading naval, financial, and industrial power, opening a century of relative peace among the great powers that historians call the Pax Britannica. British sea power secured trade routes across the globe and made London the hub of world commerce. economy / politics / war ●●●

20 March 1815 The Congress of Vienna declares perpetual neutrality 0 cit. As Europe's powers redrew the map after Napoleon, they issued a declaration recognising the permanent neutrality of Switzerland and the inviolability of its territory. Neutrality here served the powers as much as the Swiss: a stable buffer state sat between France, Austria and the German lands where no rival could gain advantage. The principle was thus written into the postwar settlement by the great powers themselves. diplomacy / politics ●●●

20 November 1815 The Treaty of Paris guarantees Swiss neutrality 0 cit. In a formal act signed at Paris, the major powers confirmed and guaranteed Switzerland's perpetual neutrality and the integrity of its borders. This turned the Vienna declaration into a binding international guarantee backed by the signatories. It is the legal foundation on which modern Swiss neutrality still rests. diplomacy / politics ●●●

1815 Royal Navy supremacy after the Napoleonic Wars 0 cit. With the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, no rival fleet could match the Royal Navy. Britain emerged from the wars with the largest navy in the world and used it to police sea lanes, protect trade, and project power globally. This maritime dominance underwrote British foreign policy for the rest of the nineteenth century. politics / war ●●●●

1815 The idea of Pax Britannica, 1815 to 1914 0 cit. The century between Waterloo and the First World War saw no general war among Europe's great powers, a period later named the Pax Britannica after the Roman peace. Britain's naval supremacy, financial weight, and diplomacy are credited with helping keep that balance. Critics and many historians argue the peace held among the great powers but rested on naval force and did not extend to the colonized world, where wars and conquests ran on without pause. diplomacy / politics ●●●●

9 July 1816 Independence of Argentina 0 cit. no story The Congress of Tucuman declares the independence of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata from Spain. politics / war ●●●●

10 April 1816 Founding of the Second Bank of the United States 1 cit. President Madison signs the charter of a second national bank to stabilize currency chaos after the War of 1812. Under Nicholas Biddle it becomes the young republic's most powerful financial institution and the focus of a bitter political fight. economy / politics ●●●●

10 April 1816 Second Bank of the United States chartered 0 cit. Congress chartered the Second Bank of the United States after the first bank's charter lapsed in 1811. It held federal deposits and helped manage the national currency. economy / politics ●●●

1816 Founding of the Zulu Kingdom 0 cit. Shaka reorganized the Zulu into a formidable military kingdom in southern Africa. His reforms reshaped the region during a period of upheaval. politics / war ●●●●

c. 1816 Shaka builds the Zulu kingdom 0 cit. Shaka kaSenzangakhona took leadership of the small Zulu chiefdom and transformed it through military innovation, including the short stabbing spear and new regimental system, into a powerful centralized kingdom. His campaigns absorbed and displaced neighboring chiefdoms across the region. Shaka's rise is central to the wider period of upheaval known as the Mfecane. politics / war ●●●

9 July 1816 San Martin and Argentina's declaration of independence 0 cit. The United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata declared independence from Spain, a movement in which Jose de San Martin became the leading general. San Martin then led armies across the Andes to carry the fight into Chile and Peru. He and Bolivar together freed the southern and northern halves of Spanish South America. politics / war ●●

1817 San Martin crosses the Andes 0 cit. Jose de San Martin leads an army over the high Andes to surprise and defeat royalist forces in Chile, securing its independence. He then mounts a seaborne campaign against Peru, the stronghold of Spanish power, and declares its independence in 1821. His southern campaign complements Simon Bolivar's advance from the north. politics / war ●●●

12 February 1818 Independence of Chile 0 cit. no story Bernardo O'Higgins proclaims Chile's independence from Spain, secured by victory at the Battle of Maipu. politics / war ●●●

c. September 1818 Ottoman-Egyptian Destruction of Diriyah 0 cit. An Egyptian army sent by the Ottoman viceroy Muhammad Ali, led by Ibrahim Pasha, captured and razed Diriyah. The campaign ended the First Saudi State and executed its leaders. politics / war ●●●●

22 February 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty 0 cit. Treaty in which Spain ceded Florida to the United States and the two powers fixed a boundary across North America to the Pacific. It defined the western limits of the Louisiana Purchase. diplomacy / politics ●●●

16 August 1819 The Peterloo Massacre 0 cit. Cavalry charged a large peaceful crowd calling for political reform at St Peter's Field, killing and injuring many. The event became a symbol of the demand for the vote and workers' rights. politics / society ●●●●

16 August 1819 Peterloo Massacre pressures England toward police reform 0 cit. Local yeomanry cavalry charged into a crowd of roughly 60,000 gathered peacefully in Manchester to demand parliamentary reform, killing at least 18 people and injuring hundreds. The lack of a professional, disciplined police force capable of controlling crowds without cavalry became part of the case reformers made for a dedicated civil police. The massacre remains one of the most notorious instances of British authorities using military force against civilians. politics ●●

7 August 1819 Battle of Boyaca secures the north 0 cit. Bolivar's victory at Boyaca broke Spanish power in New Granada and made possible the republic of Gran Colombia. It was a turning point in the northern independence campaign. The win opened the road to liberating the rest of the region. politics / war ●●

7 August 1819 Bolivar's northern campaign and Boyaca 0 cit. Simon Bolivar's victory at the Battle of Boyaca breaks Spanish power in New Granada and clears the way for the liberation of the north. Bolivar founds the union of Gran Colombia, joining present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama, as a base for further campaigns. He is celebrated across the region as the Liberator. politics / war ●●●

25 February 1819 Dartmouth College defines the corporation as an artificial legal being 3 cit. In Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward, the U.S. Supreme Court described the corporation as an artificial being existing only in contemplation of law. That is the real legal fiction behind corporate personhood: the law can recognize organizations as juridical persons for property, contract, liability, and litigation. It does not mean every human has a hidden corporate double. economy / politics ●●●●●

c. January 1820 General Maritime Treaty of 1820 0 cit. Britain imposed a treaty on the Arab sheikhdoms of the lower Gulf to suppress piracy and the maritime slave trade. The agreement began British involvement in what became known as the Trucial Coast. economy / politics ●●●

c. 1820 British opium floods Qing China 0 cit. British-run Indian opium pours into China through Canton in defiance of Qing bans, sold by private traders who bought it at Company auctions. Silver drained out of China to pay for the drug, and addiction spread through the coastal cities, setting up a collision between London's balance sheet and Beijing's law. economy / politics ●●

15 September 1821 Independence of Costa Rica 0 cit. no story Central America declares independence from Spain; Costa Rica later left the Central American federation to become a fully separate republic. politics ●●●

15 September 1821 Independence of El Salvador 0 cit. no story Central America declares independence from Spain; El Salvador became a separate republic after the Central American federation dissolved. politics ●●●

c. 25 March 1821 Independence of Greece 0 cit. no story The Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire begins; an independent Greek state was recognized in 1830. politics / war ●●●●

15 September 1821 Independence of Guatemala 0 cit. no story The Act of Independence of Central America is signed in Guatemala City, ending Spanish rule over the region. politics ●●●

15 September 1821 Independence of Honduras 0 cit. no story Central America declares independence from Spain; Honduras became a separate republic after the federation dissolved in 1838. politics ●●●

27 September 1821 Independence of Mexico 0 cit. no story The Army of the Three Guarantees enters Mexico City, completing the independence war begun with Hidalgo's Grito de Dolores in 1810. politics / war ●●●●

15 September 1821 Independence of Nicaragua 0 cit. no story Central America declares independence from Spain; Nicaragua became a separate republic after the federation dissolved in 1838. politics ●●●

28 July 1821 Independence of Peru 0 cit. no story Jose de San Martin proclaims Peru's independence in Lima; Spanish forces were finally defeated at Ayacucho in 1824. politics / war ●●●

March 1821 to September 1829 Greek War of Independence 0 cit. Greeks revolt against four centuries of Ottoman rule, eventually winning independence with British, French, and Russian intervention at Navarino. It is the first successful national independence movement against the Ottomans. politics / war ●●●●

1821 Britain adopts the classical gold standard 0 cit. Britain formally tied the pound to a fixed quantity of gold and made banknotes redeemable in gold coin. This anchored the currency and set the pattern other nations would follow. economy / politics ●●●●

5 May 1821 Death of Napoleon 0 cit. Napoleon died in exile on Saint Helena on 5 May 1821, closing the life of one of history's most influential military and political figures. politics ●●●●

27 September 1821 Mexico achieves independence from Spain 0 cit. After eleven years of war, Mexico won independence from Spain as royalist and rebel factions united behind the Plan of Iguala. The long conflict had begun with Hidalgo and continued through leaders like Morelos. Independence ended three centuries of Spanish colonial rule. politics / war ●●

7 September 1822 Independence of Brazil 0 cit. no story Prince Pedro declares Brazil independent from Portugal with the Cry of Ipiranga and becomes Emperor Pedro I. politics / war ●●●●

7 September 1822 Brazil declares independence from Portugal 0 cit. Pedro, heir to the Portuguese throne, declared Brazil independent and became its emperor. Unlike Spanish America, Brazil's break was relatively peaceful and kept a monarchy. It became the only large American nation to gain independence as an empire rather than a republic. politics / society ●●

7 September 1822 Brazil's peaceful independence 0 cit. Rather than break away through war, Brazil becomes independent when Pedro, the heir to the Portuguese throne then resident in Brazil, declares it a separate empire and is crowned its emperor. The result is a relatively bloodless split and, unusually for the Americas, a monarchy that lasts until 1889. Slavery, however, continued for decades after independence. politics ●●

July 1822 The meeting at Guayaquil 0 cit. The two great liberators, Bolivar from the north and San Martin from the south, meet privately at Guayaquil to settle the future of the independence struggle. What passed between them is not recorded, but soon afterward San Martin withdraws from public life and leaves the final campaign to Bolivar's forces. The meeting remains one of the most debated moments of the era. diplomacy / politics ●

7 September 1822 Brazilian independence 0 cit. Pedro, the prince regent left in Brazil, breaks with Lisbon and declares the country independent, becoming its first emperor. Portugal lost its largest and richest colony and, with it, the core of the Atlantic empire built over three centuries. politics ●●●

2 December 1823 The Monroe Doctrine 0 cit. In his annual message President James Monroe warned European powers against new colonies in the Americas. The doctrine became a lasting basis for US influence over the hemisphere. politics / war ●●●●

c. 1824 Founding of the Second Saudi State 0 cit. Turki ibn Abdullah recaptured Riyadh and re-established Saudi rule in Najd. Riyadh became the capital of a revived but smaller Saudi state. politics ●●●

1824 Parliament repeals the Combination Acts 0 cit. Workers regained the legal right to form unions when the Combination Acts were repealed. A wave of union activity followed, though the law was tightened again the next year. politics / society ●●●

9 December 1824 Battle of Ayacucho ends Spanish rule in South America 0 cit. Forces under Antonio Jose de Sucre defeated the main Spanish army in the highlands of Peru. The victory effectively ended Spanish colonial rule on the South American mainland. It completed the independence wars begun more than a decade earlier. politics / war ●●●

9 December 1824 The Battle of Ayacucho 0 cit. Forces under Bolivar's general Antonio Jose de Sucre defeat the main royalist army in the highlands of Peru. The victory effectively ends Spanish rule in South America and secures the independence of Peru and the new republic of Bolivia. It closes nearly two decades of continental warfare. politics / war ●●●

6 August 1825 Independence of Bolivia 0 cit. no story Bolivia declares independence from Spain after the wars of liberation led by Simon Bolivar and Antonio Jose de Sucre. politics / war ●●●

25 August 1825 Independence of Uruguay 0 cit. no story Uruguay declares independence from Brazil; full sovereignty was secured by the 1828 treaty ending the Cisplatine War. politics / war ●●●

December 1825 to August 1828 Cisplatine War 0 cit. no story Brazil and the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata fight over the Banda Oriental. British mediation ends the war by creating the independent state of Uruguay. politics / war ●●

26 December 1825 Decembrist Revolt 0 cit. A group of reform-minded army officers staged an uprising demanding a constitution during the disputed succession to the throne. The revolt was quickly crushed by Nicholas I, and its leaders were executed or exiled. politics / society ●●●

17 June 1825 Bunker Hill Monument Cornerstone Laid 0 cit. The Marquis de Lafayette, a Freemason and hero of the American Revolution, laid the cornerstone of the Bunker Hill Monument on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle. Daniel Webster, also a Mason, gave the dedication address to a huge crowd. The ceremony followed Masonic ritual under the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. The monument, a granite obelisk, took nearly two decades to finish because of funding troubles. culture / politics ●●

11 September 1826 The Morgan affair 0 cit. William Morgan, a New York man who threatened to publish masonic secrets, was abducted in 1826 and never seen again. The scandal and suspicion of a cover-up triggered a wave of anti-masonic feeling. politics / religion / society ●●●●

c. 1826 Freemason World Domination Myth unproven 0 cit. Claims that Freemasons secretly control governments and finance recur from the anti-Masonic movement of the 1800s to the present. Freemasonry is a real fraternal order, but the idea of a Masonic plot to rule the world is unproven conspiracy theory. politics / society ●●

15 June 1826 Auspicious Incident: Ottoman Sultan abolishes the Janissary corps 0 cit. After centuries of Janissary revolts, corruption, and resistance to military reform, Sultan Mahmud II provoked a Janissary uprising and then crushed it with loyal troops and artillery, killing thousands of Janissaries in Constantinople. He formally abolished the corps afterward, ending an institution that had repeatedly deposed and even executed sultans. The event, known as the Auspicious Incident, cleared the way for the sultan to build a modern, Western-style army. politics / war ●●●

11 September 1826 Disappearance of William Morgan 0 cit. William Morgan, a Freemason in western New York, was arrested on minor pretexts after announcing plans to publish a book exposing Masonic rituals, then vanished and was presumed murdered by fellow Masons. The affair ignited the Anti-Masonic movement across the region where the young Joseph Smith was growing up. The Anti-Masonic Party, formed in response, became the first significant third party in American politics. politics / society ●●

15 June 1826 The Auspicious Incident abolishes the Janissaries 0 cit. Sultan Mahmud II crushes a Janissary revolt with artillery and disbands the corps, killing thousands. Once an elite fighting force, the Janissaries had become a conservative bloc blocking military and state reform. Their destruction cleared the way for a modern army and the reforms that followed. politics / society / war ●●

c. 1828 to c. 1838 The Anti-Masonic Party 0 cit. Public anger after the Morgan affair fueled the Anti-Masonic Party, the first significant third party in United States history. It held the first national nominating convention in 1831 and ran William Wirt for president in 1832. politics / religion / society ●●●

1828 Anti-Masonic Party founded 0 cit. In the wake of the Morgan Affair, opponents of Freemasonry organized the Anti-Masonic Party, the first significant third party in United States history. The party held the first national nominating convention of any American party in 1831 and ran William Wirt for president in the 1832 election. Though short-lived as a national force, it pioneered convention politics still used by major parties today. politics / society ●●

February 1828 Russia takes Eastern Armenia 0 cit. The Treaty of Turkmenchay ends a Russo-Persian war and transfers Eastern Armenia, including Yerevan and Nakhichevan, from Persia to the Russian Empire. Many Armenians welcome Russian rule as protection for a Christian population, and some migrate from Persian and Ottoman lands into Russian territory. This division, Russian east and Ottoman west, shapes the modern Armenian story. diplomacy / politics / war ●●

29 September 1829 Metropolitan Police Act passed, creating London's police force 0 cit. Home Secretary Robert Peel steered the Metropolitan Police Act through Parliament, establishing a centralized, uniformed police force for London under civilian control. The first officers, nicknamed 'Bobbies' or 'Peelers' after Peel, began patrolling in September 1829. The force was explicitly designed to prevent crime through visible patrol rather than merely react to it, and became the template copied by cities worldwide. politics ●●●

c. 1829 Peel's Principles of policing articulated contested 0 cit. Alongside the founding of the Metropolitan Police, a set of guidelines known as Peel's Principles circulated, holding that police exist to prevent crime and disorder, that their power depends on public approval, and that the police are the public and the public are the police. Historians debate whether Peel personally wrote these exact words, but the principles reflected the stated philosophy of the new force. They remain a touchstone for debates about policing by consent versus policing by force. politics ●●

1829 Peel's Metropolitan Police Act 0 cit. Home Secretary Robert Peel established London's Metropolitan Police as a civilian force distinct from the army, built around the idea that ordinary policing should rest on public consent rather than military force. The reform drew a sharper institutional line between the police, tasked with everyday domestic order, and the military, reserved for external defense and extreme internal crises. The distinction is central to modern discussions of which uses of force by the state count as legitimate and in what context. politics / society ●●

29 September 1829 Founding of the Metropolitan Police 0 cit. Home Secretary Robert Peel establishes the Metropolitan Police, the first large modern police force in Britain, headquartered at Scotland Yard. Freemasonry was already well established among London's professional, civic, and merchant classes, and lodges drawing on police officers formed within a few decades of the force's creation. politics / society ●●

1829 Daniel O'Connell and Catholic Emancipation 0 cit. Daniel O'Connell built a mass movement of Catholic voters and won election to Parliament, forcing London to pass Catholic Emancipation in 1829. Catholics could now sit in Parliament and hold most public offices. O'Connell, called the Liberator, showed the power of peaceful mass politics, though his later campaign to repeal the Union failed. politics / religion ●●

4 October 1830 Independence of Belgium 0 cit. no story Following the Belgian Revolution, the provisional government declares Belgium independent from the Netherlands. politics / war ●●●

13 May 1830 Independence of Ecuador 0 cit. no story Ecuador separates from Gran Colombia to become a fully independent republic; Spanish rule had ended at the Battle of Pichincha in 1822. politics ●●●

1830 Founding of the Second French Colonial Empire 0 cit. The invasion of Algeria began France's second wave of colonial expansion. This empire eventually covered large parts of Africa and Southeast Asia. politics / war ●●●●

c. 1830 to c. 1870 The industrial working class and trade unions rise 0 cit. Factory work created a large wage-earning class with shared interests. Workers built trade unions to bargain over pay and conditions and to press for political reform. politics / society ●●●●

5 July 1830 French conquest of Algeria begins 0 cit. France captured Algiers and began a long, violent conquest of Algeria. It became a settler colony ruled as part of France, with land taken from Algerians for European colonists. politics / war ●●●●

28 May 1830 Indian Removal Act 0 cit. The United States Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the federal government to negotiate the forced relocation of Indigenous nations from the southeastern United States to lands west of the Mississippi River. It provided the legal basis for removing the Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Chickasaw, and Seminole nations from their homelands. Thousands died during the forced marches that followed, most infamously the Cherokee Trail of Tears. politics ●●

c. 1830 Tammany Hall becomes the Democratic Party's city organization 0 cit. By the 1830s the Tammany Society's political wing, known as Tammany Hall after its meeting building, had become the organizing arm of the Democratic Party in New York City. It built loyalty among immigrant voters, especially the growing Irish population, by trading small favors, jobs, and naturalization help for votes. politics / society ●●

1830 The fragmentation of Gran Colombia 0 cit. Bolivar's union of Gran Colombia breaks apart into Venezuela, Ecuador, and New Granada amid regional rivalries and disputes over central power. A disillusioned Bolivar dies the same year, reportedly remarking that those who serve a revolution plow the sea. The breakup sets a pattern of fractured, quarreling states across the continent. politics ●●

1830 The Cultivation System 0 cit. Governor-General Van den Bosch forces Javanese peasants to grow cash crops such as coffee, sugar, and indigo for the state instead of food. The system produces enormous profits that flow to the Dutch treasury and help pay off its debts, while famine strikes parts of Java. It ties Dutch prosperity directly to forced colonial labor. economy / politics / society ●●●

c. 1830 The Iloikop wars 0 cit. Through the early and middle nineteenth century the Maa sections fought each other in a long series of conflicts known as the Iloikop or Kwavi wars. The pastoral sections, led by the Purko and Kisongo, clashed with rivals such as the Laikipiak and Uasin Gishu over grazing and cattle. By the 1870s the victors had broken and scattered the losing sections, leaving refugees absorbed into other peoples. politics / war ●●

1831 Mazzini founds Young Italy 0 cit. Giuseppe Mazzini founds Young Italy in exile to fight for a unified Italian republic. His model of conspiratorial national movements inspires nationalists across Europe. politics ●●●

1831 Dissolution of Gran Colombia 0 cit. By 1831 the union of Gran Colombia had broken apart into Venezuela, New Granada, and Ecuador. Regional rivalries and the death of Simon Bolivar ended his vision of a single large republic. politics ●●

1 January 1831 Garrison launches The Liberator 0 cit. William Lloyd Garrison began publishing The Liberator, demanding the immediate end of slavery in the United States. The paper energized a radical abolition movement that helped push the nation toward emancipation. culture / politics ●●

March 1831 The Reform Act debates popularize the idea of 'rotten boroughs' 0 cit. In the parliamentary debates leading to the 1832 Reform Act, campaigners popularize the term 'rotten borough' for parliamentary seats with tiny or nonexistent electorates that were effectively controlled by a single wealthy patron who could choose the MP. The debate over rotten boroughs is a documented early case of a electoral structure being used, quite openly, to concentrate parliamentary influence in a few hands. politics ●

1 July 1832 Founding of Jardine Matheson 0 cit. Scottish traders William Jardine and James Matheson found a trading house in Canton dealing in tea, cotton, and opium. The firm helps push Britain into the First Opium War and becomes a pillar of colonial Hong Kong commerce. economy / politics / war ●●●

10 July 1832 Andrew Jackson vetoes the Bank of the United States 0 cit. President Andrew Jackson vetoed the bill to recharter the Second Bank of the United States, calling it a monopoly that favored the wealthy. The veto opened a long political fight known as the Bank War. economy / politics ●●●●

7 June 1832 The Great Reform Act widens the vote 0 cit. The Reform Act redrew electoral boundaries and gave seats to growing industrial towns. It extended the vote to more middle-class men but left most workers without it. politics / society ●●●●

1832 Founding of Skull and Bones at Yale 0 cit. Skull and Bones was founded as a senior secret society at Yale University. Its small membership and secrecy, along with alumni who reached high office, made it a lasting subject of public fascination. politics / society ●●●

1832 Reform Act widens the British vote 0 cit. The Reform Act redrew constituencies and extended the vote to more property-owning men. It began a long process of expanding the franchise that turned Britain toward mass democracy. politics / society ●●●●

1832 Anti-Masonic Party runs first third-party presidential candidate 0 cit. The Anti-Masonic Party nominated William Wirt for president, becoming the first third party in American history to hold a national convention and run a presidential candidate. The party won about 8 percent of the popular vote and carried Vermont. This intense national suspicion of Freemasonry formed the cultural backdrop of Joseph Smith's youth in upstate New York, more than a decade before he himself became a Mason. politics / society ●

7 June 1832 The First Reform Act widens the vote and redraws seats 0 cit. The Reform Act abolishes many small, sparsely populated boroughs whose parliamentary seats had been controlled by a single wealthy patron and gives seats to growing industrial cities instead. It also expands the property-based franchise, though most working men and all women remain unable to vote. politics ●●●

3 March 1832 Worcester v. Georgia decided 0 cit. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Cherokee Nation was a sovereign entity and that Georgia's state laws had no force within Cherokee territory. President Jackson refused to enforce the ruling, reportedly saying John Marshall had made his decision and could enforce it himself. The federal and Georgia governments proceeded with removal regardless. politics ●●

22 March 1833 Zollverein 0 cit. Treaties uniting most German states in a customs union under Prussian leadership, effective from January 1834. It knitted Germany together economically decades before political unification. diplomacy / economy / politics ●●●

8 July 1833 Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi 0 cit. Russo-Ottoman defensive alliance whose secret article obliged the Ottomans to close the Dardanelles to foreign warships at Russia's request. It alarmed Britain and France and fed the Eastern Question. diplomacy / politics / war ●●

28 August 1833 Abolition of slavery in the British Empire 0 cit. The Slavery Abolition Act receives royal assent, freeing some 800,000 enslaved people in most of the British Empire. The act makes the world's leading power an abolitionist state and adds momentum to emancipation elsewhere. politics / society ●●●●

26 September 1833 Jackson removes federal deposits from the Bank 0 cit. The Jackson administration began moving federal deposits out of the Second Bank of the United States and into selected state banks. The move weakened the national bank ahead of its charter's expiration. economy / politics ●●●