Timeline July 1833

Events in July 1833 3

• 1759 – 1833 William Wilberforce (1759-1833) Died 29 July 1833, aged 73 William Wilberforce was the leading figure in the British parliamentary campaign against the slave trade and slavery itself, working for decades to secure abolition. He died just three days after learning that the Slavery Abolition Act would pass through Parliament. He is remembered worldwide as a central figure in the abolitionist movement.
• 1833 Treaty of Hunkar Iskelesi signed Russia and the Ottoman Empire form a defensive alliance Signed on 8 July 1833, the treaty bound the Ottoman Empire and Russia to mutual military assistance and closed the Dardanelles to foreign warships at Russia's request. It followed Russian support for the Ottomans against Egyptian forces during the First Turko-Egyptian War. The treaty alarmed Britain and France, who saw it as extending Russian influence over the Ottoman state.
• 1833 Oxford Movement begins Keble's sermon launches a revival within the Church of England On 14 July 1833, John Keble preached his "National Apostasy" sermon at Oxford, widely regarded as the start of the Oxford Movement. The movement sought to reassert the Catholic heritage of the Church of England against perceived state interference and liberal reform. It produced the influential Tracts for the Times and reshaped Anglican theology and worship.