Port Egmont (Spanish: Puerto de la Cruzada; French: Poil de la Croisade) was the first British settlement in the Falkland Islands, on Saunders Island off West Falkland, and is named after the Earl of Egmont.
HMS Clio was Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched at James Betts' shipyard in Mistleythorn in Essex on 10 January 1807. Her establishment was 71 officers and men, 24 boys and 20 marines. She served in the Baltic during the Napoleonic Wars, accomplished the re-establishment of British rule on the Falkland Islands in 1833, and participated in the First Opium War. She was broken up in 1845.
1832Dec, 20
HMS Clio under the command of Captain Onslow arrives at Port Egmont under orders to take possession of the Falkland Islands
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- 12Feb
Galápagos Islands
Ecuador annexes the Galápagos Islands. - 24Mar
Joseph Smith
In Hiram, Ohio, a group of men beat and tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith. - 24May
London Conference of 1832
The First Kingdom of Greece is declared in the London Conference. - 10Jul
Second Bank of the United States
U.S. President Andrew Jackson vetoes a bill that would re-charter the Second Bank of the United States. - 1Oct
Convention of 1832
Texian political delegates convene at San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of Mexican Texas.