Data for 1832

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A painting by George Catlin (courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

A cholera epidemic claims lives in London, and spreads later to France and North America (Feb 12), the Mormon leader Joseph Smith experiences firsthand the persecution of Mormons in Ohio (Mar 24), the Black Hawk War begins (Apr 6), Modern Greece is born as the Treaty of London creates an independent Kingdom of Greece (May 7), Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence,  dies at age 95 (Nov 14), Andrew Jackson is re-elected president (Dec 3), painter George Catlin starts to live among the Plains Indians, depicting them in his portraits and paintings in their native territory – and all these fine people were born: Continue reading “Data for 1832”