What happened in 1833

Cause I can't remember a thing
Did I translate the Bible into Bulgarian? Did we
vacation in the Poconos? Please be serious now
we may not have
long to say
what we want to say.

My memory is shot. Remind me of the big news:
Lady of the Lake sank, struck by
ice on the starboard bow it was a nautical shitshow
in 1833

Dubai became a city, there was
a backlash against the Mormons
a revolt in southern Vietnam
the forgotten tragedy of the Amphitrite
sunk while taking women and children prisoners to Australia
all in 1833 

A big old earthquake in China
a meteor shower in Alabama
a big old earthquake in Sumatra
naval dispute in Portugal
in 1833

And the songs were about as memorable
as the songs from 2033 

Chile got a Constitution, may not mean much to you
British bigwigs call for immediate abolition of slavery
the Factory Acts restricting child labour
Kaspar Hauser German youth of uncertain origin is stabbed
all in 1833

Franz Bopp published Vergleichende Grammatik des Sanskrit, Zend, Griechischen, Lateinischen, Litthauischen, Altslawischen, Gotischen und Deutschen
you can't say it was not a golden year
talking about 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII)