Editing 1832 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 6]] – Abolitionist [[William Lloyd Garrison]] founds the [[New-England Anti-Slavery Society]]. 
* [[January 13]] – The [[Baptist war|Christmas Rebellion]] of slaves is brought to an end in [[Jamaica]], after the island's white planters organize militias and the British Army sends companies of the 84th regiment to enforce martial law.  More than 300 of the slave rebels will be publicly hanged for their part in the destruction.<ref>{{cite book|first=Andre C.|last=Drainville|title=A History of World Order and Resistance: The Making and Unmaking of Global Subjects|publisher=Routledge|year=2013}}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – The [[Swan River Colony]] is renamed [[Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://poi-australia.com.au/swan-river-colony-proclaimed/|title=Swan River Colony Proclaimed|date=May 2, 1829|publisher=POI Australia|language=English|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://statelibrarynsw.tumblr.com/post/156855938896/on-this-day-6th-february-1832-the-swan-river|title=On this day, 6th February 1832|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|language=English|accessdate=13 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 9]] – The [[Florida]] Legislative Council grants a city charter for [[Jacksonville, Florida]].
* [[February 12]]
** [[Ecuador]] annexes the [[Galápagos Islands]].
** A [[cholera]] [[epidemic]] in London claims at least 3,000 lives; the contagion spreads to France and North America later this year.<!-- maybe also other countries, but these were the only ones mentioned in different places in this article -->
* [[February 28]] – [[Charles Darwin]] and the crew of {{HMS|Beagle}} arrive at [[South America]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Adrian|last1=Desmond|first2=James|last2=Moore|title=Darwin: The Life of a Tormented Evolutionist|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=1994|page=119}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – In [[Hiram, Ohio]], a group of men beat, [[tar and feather]] [[Mormon]] leader [[Joseph Smith]].