The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (3 & 4 Will. IV c. 73) provided for the gradual abolition of slavery in most parts of the British Empire.This Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was passed by Earl Grey's reforming administration and expanded the jurisdiction of the Slave Trade Act 1807 and made the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal within the British Empire, with the …

In December 1832, two naval vessels were sent by the United Kingdom to re-assert British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas), after the United Provinces of the River Plate (part of which later became Argentina) ignored British diplomatic protests over the appointment of Luis Vernet as governor of the Falkland Islands and a dispute over fishing rights.

División provincial y regional. La división territorial de Javier de Burgos de 1833 incluía 49 provincias. El detalle de 43 de dichas provincias se hacía aludiendo a su pertenencia a 11 regiones históricas que aparecían nombradas por orden alfabético, en tanto que las 6 provincias restantes de: Canarias, Palma de Mallorca, Navarra, Álava, Guipúzcoa y Vizcaya fueron listadas …