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1828{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years: 1825 1826 1827 - 1828 - 1829 1830 1831 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades: 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s |- | align="center" | Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |} 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ==Events== * January 4 - The Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Jean-Baptiste Guillaume Joseph, comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France. * January 22 - The Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington succeeds Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He repeals the Test Act, emancipation 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 Woehler (see Biochemistry) * White comedian Thomas D. Rice introduces blackface and the song "Jim Crow laws" to American audiences. * Henri Ollivier becomes the first Onion Johnny in England. * Russia captured Eastern Armenia from Iran. ==Births== *February 8 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905) *March 20 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906) *May 8 - Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross (d. 1910) *May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882) *August 17 - Maria Deraismes, French feminist (d. 1894) *September 9 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910) ==Deaths== *April 16 - Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746) *May 8 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781) *May 16 - William Congreve (inventor), British rocket pioneer (b. 1772) *July 15 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741) * November 5 - Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, Empress 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 U.S. President Andrew Jackson (b. 1767) *Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1755) 1828 la:1828 os:1828 1828I have made some year layout proposals which would affect a significant proportion of the year pages: an example of proposed style is 1850. It is detailed on my talk page. If no-one flags where I have put the discussion on my talk page that they object in a month I will start making everything consistent. It may take some time... --User:BozMo 10:04, 7 May 2004 (UTC)user talk:BozMo 18281820s See other meanings of words starting from letter:A | B | C | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | U | V | X | Y | Z | |
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