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Categories
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1828
1828
Years:
1825
1826
1827
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1828
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1829
1830
1831
Decades
:
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Centuries
:
18th century
-
19th century
-
20th century
1828
was a
leap year starting on Tuesday
(see link for calendar).
Events
January 4
- The
Vicomte de Martignac
succeeds the
Comte de Villèle
as
Prime Minister of France
.
January 22
- The
Duke of Wellington
succeeds
Lord Goderich
as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
. He repeals the
Test Act
,
emancipating
all
Catholics
, and introduces the Roman Catholic Relief Act the following year.
April 26
Russia
declares war on
Turkey
, in support of the Greek struggle for independence.
May 26
- Mysterious foundling
Kaspar Hauser
is discovered wandering the streets of
Nuremberg
,
Germany
.
June 23
- King
Miguel I of Portugal
overthrows his niece Queen
Maria II of Portugal
, beginning the
Liberal Wars
August 9
- The Egyptians evacuate Greece, practically ending hostilities there.
August 27
- The Russians defeat the Turks at Akhaltzikke.
August 27
–
Brazil
and
Argentina
recognize the
independence
of
Uruguay
September 29
–
Police
force of Sir
Robert Peel
starts in London - 101 uniformed officers and 5 civil servants
December 3
-
U.S. presidential election, 1828
: Challenger
Andrew Jackson
beats incumbent
John Quincy Adams
and is elected
President of the United States
.
Urea
becomes the first organic compound to be artificially synthesised, by
Friedrich Wöhler
(see
Biochemistry
)
White
comedian
Thomas D. Rice
introduces
blackface
and the song "
Jim Crow
" to American audiences.
Henri Ollivier becomes the first
Onion Johnny
in
England
.
Russia captured Eastern
Armenia
from
Persia
.
Births
February 8
-
Jules Verne
, author (d.
1905
)
March 1
- James Fleming Fagan
March 20
-
Henrik Ibsen
, (d.
1906
)
May 8
-
Jean Henri Dunant
, Swiss founder of the
Red Cross
movement (d.
1910
)
May 12
-
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
, poet, painter (d.
1882
)
August 17
-
Maria Deraismes
, French feminist (d.
1894
)
September 9
-
Leo Tolstoy
, Russian novelist (
Anna Karenina
,
War and Peace
) (d.
1910
)
November 11
-
Sri Deep Narayan Mahaprabhuji
, Hindu saint
Deaths
May 16
-
William Congreve
, British
rocket
pioneer (b.
1772
)
July 15
-
Jean Antoine Houdon
, French sculptor (b.
1741
)
November 5
-
Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg
,
Empress Dowager
of
Paul I of Russia
(b.
1759
)
November 19
-
Franz Schubert
, Austrian composer (b.
1797
)
December 22
-
William Hyde Wollaston
, English
chemist
(b.
1766
)
December 22
-
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson
, wife of President
Andrew Jackson
(b.
1767
)
Charles Manners-Sutton
, Archbishop of Canterbury (b.
1755
)
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