1833

Events from the year 1833 in the United States.
==Incumbents==
===Federal Government===
* President: Andrew Jackson (D-TN)
* Vice President: vacant (until March 4), Martin Van Buren (D-NY) (starting March 4)
* Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA)
* Speaker of the House of Representatives: Andrew Stevenson (D-VA)
* Congress: 22nd (until March 4), 23rd (starting March 4)
==Events==
===January - March===
* January 1 – Haverford College, located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, is founded by Quakers of the Society of Friends.
* March 2 – President Andrew Jackson signs the Force Bill, which authorizes him to use troops to enforce Federal law in South Carolina.
* March 4 – Andrew Jackson is sworn in for his second term as President of the United States, and Martin Van Buren is sworn in as Vice President of the United States.
* March 16 – Parley's Magazine, a periodical for young readers, publishes its first issue in Boston.
===April - June===
* May 11 – French-American farmhand Antoine le Blanc murders family of three.
* June 6 – Andrew Jackson becomes the first U.S. president to ride a railroad train.
===July - September===
* July 29 – Old State Bank erected in Decatur, Alabama.
* August 12 – The city of Chicago is established at the estuary of the Chicago River by 350 settlers.
* August 20 – Future President of the United States Benjamin Harrison is born in Ohio. From this date until the death of former U.S. President James Madison on June 28, 1836, there are a total of 18 living presidents of the United States (2 former, 1 current, and 15 known future); more than any other time period in U.S. history.
* September 2 – Oberlin College is founded in Oberlin, Ohio by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
===October - December===
* November 12 – Stars Fell on Alabama: A spectacular occurrence of the Leonid meteor shower is observed in Alabama.
* November 24 – Psi Upsilon is founded at Union College, becoming the fifth fraternity in the United States.
* December 4 – American Anti-Slavery Society founded in Philadelphia by William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan.
* December 5 – Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society is founded; founder members include Sarah Mapps Douglass, Charlotte Forten Grimké and Hetty Reckless.
==Memoriam==
* January 17 – William Rush, sculptor (aged 76; Philadelphia, PA, USA)
* May 19 – Josiah S. Johnston, U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1824 to 1833 (aged 48; Red River, LA, USA)
* May 23 – Francesca Anna Canfield, poet and translator (aged 29; New York City, NY, USA)
* May 24 – John Randolph, planter and congressman, U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1825 to 1827 (aged 59; Philadelphia, PA, USA)
* June 1 – Oliver Wolcott Jr., 2nd U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (aged 73; New York City, NY, USA)
* July 12 – Samuel Sterett, politician (aged 75; Baltimore, MD, USA)
* July 20 – Ninian Edwards, politician, Governor of and Senator from Illinois (aged 58; Belleville, IL, USA)
* July 27 – William Bainbridge, United States Navy officer (aged 59; Philadelphia, PA, USA)
* September 28 – Lemuel Haynes, clergyman and veteran of the American Revolution (aged 80; South Granville, NY, USA)
==External links==
* 1833 in the United States
Category:United States History: Volume 6