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British rule on the Falklands
On 3 January 1833, Captain James Onslow, of the brig-sloop HMS Clio, arrived at Vernet's settlement at Port Louis to request that the flag of the United Provinces of the River Plate be replaced with the British one, and for the administration to leave the islands. While Lt. Col -
Susan Hayhurst becomes 1st US woman grad of a pharmacy college
Susan Hayhurst, M.D. became the first woman to graduate from pharmacy college in the U.S -
"Lady-of-the-Lake" strikes iceberg & sinks in N Atlantic; kills 215
as an immigrant ship that wrecked about 250 miles east of Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland on the morning of May 11, 1833.[1][2] Total loss of life approximately 265. The Lady of the Lake was an Aberdeen built brig and was en route from Belfast, Ireland to the city of Quebec, Canada -
4th national black convention meets (Phila)
From June 3 to 13, the Fourth National Black Convention meets in Philadelphia with 62 delegates from eight States. Abraham D. Shadd of Pennsylvania is elected president. -
Charles Darwin reaches river mouth of Parana
uring those five years rain was exceptionally scarce and the plain underwent major changes: vegetation disappeared, minor rivers dried up and the entire country took the aspect of a dusty road, dust clouds continuously dominating the air.
