1827
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Naval Battle of Navarino by Carneray |
1827 was a
common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
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February 20 -
South America:
Battle of Ituzaingo or
Passo do Rosário - A force of the
Brazilian Imperial Army met in combat
Argentinean-
Uruguayan troops.
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February 28 - The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first
railroad in offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
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March 7 -
Brazilian marines sail up the
Rio Negro (
Argentina) and attack the temporary naval base of
Carmen de Patagones,
Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens.
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March 7 -
Shrigley Abduction:
Ellen Turner, a wealthy
heiress in
Cheshire,
England is
abducted by
Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the future
politician in
colonial New Zealand.
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March 16 -
Freedom's Journal, the first
African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in
New York City by
John Russwurm.
* April –
Ottoman Algeria:
Husain Dei slaps the
French consul Decalina on the face – eventually leading to war and
French rule in Algeria.
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April 7-8 -
Battle of Monte Santiago Naval engagement between a squadron of the
Brazilian Imperial Navy and
Argentinean vessels. Major
Brazilian victory.
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April 10 -
UK:
George Canning succeeds
Lord Liverpool as
British Prime Minister.
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July 6 -
Greek War of Independence:
Treaty of London between
France,
Britain, and
Russia, to demand that the
Turks agree to an armistice in
Greece.
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July 14 -
Kingdom of Hawaii:
Diocese of Honolulu founded.
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August 31 -
UK:
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes
Prime Minister of the
UK following the death of
Canning.
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October 1 -
Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under
Ivan Paskevich storm
Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in
Eastern Armenia.
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October 20 -
Greek War of Independence:
Battle of Navarino.
British,
French, and
Russian
Naval Forces destroy the
Turko-
Egyptian fleet in
Greece.
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Laos:
King Anouvong of
Vientiane declares war on
Siam and successfully attacks
Nakhon Ratchasima, the
Siamese later invaded
Vientiane and nearly destroyed the whole city.
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Finland: Great Fire of
Turku.
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Englishman John Walker invents
Lucifer matches.
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Egypt: Establishment of
Cairo University School of Medicine as the first african School of medicine and in middle east.
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March 8 -
Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d.
1875)
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April 5 -
Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d.
1912)
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May 11 -
Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d.
1875)
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May 19 -
Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d.
1896)
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June 12 -
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d.
1901)
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July 13 -
Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d.
1895)
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July 17 -
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d.
1902)
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November 26 -
Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d.
1915)
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George M. Harding, architect (d. ?)
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February 19 -
Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general and diplomat (b.
1773)
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March 5 -
Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b.
1749)
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March 5 -
Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b.
1745)
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March 26 -
Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b.
1770)
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May 27 -
Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite (b.
1768)
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August 8 -
George Canning, British statesman and Prime Minister (b.
1770)
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August 12 -
William Blake, English poet and artist (b.
1757)
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Muttusvami Dikshitar, Indian composer
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José Fernando de Abascal, Spanish viceroy of Peru
