1833 in the United States
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- March 2 – President Andrew Jackson signs the Force Bill, which authorizes him to use troops to enforce Federal law in South Carolina.
- May 11 – French-American farmhand Antoine le Blanc murders family of three.
- June 6 – President Andrew Jackson becomes the first President to ride a train.
- 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.
- September 2 – Oberlin College is founded in Ohio by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
