1827
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Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
- Also see: List of years in Art.
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[edit] Events of 1827
[edit] January – June
- February 20 – Battle of Ituzaingo (Passo do Rosário): A force of the Brazilian Imperial Army meets Argentine-Uruguayan troops in combat.
- February 28 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- March 7 – Brazilian marines sail up the Rio Negro and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina; they are defeated by the local citizens.
- 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.
- 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.
- April 7-8 – Battle of Monte Santiago: A squadron of the Brazilian Imperial Navy defeats Argentine vessels in a major naval engagement.
- April 10 – UK: George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister.
- April 24 – Greek War of Independence – Battle of Phaleron: Ottoman troops defeats the Greek rebels.
- May 21 – The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.
[edit] July – December
- July 6 – Greek War of Independence: The Treaty of London between France, Britain, and Russia, demands that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece.
- July 14 – Kingdom of Hawaii: The Diocese of Honolulu is founded.
- August 31 – UK: Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, becomes Prime Minister of the UK, following the death of George Canning.
- September 4 – Finland: The Great Fire of Turku destroys 3/4 of the city, with many human casualties.
- October 1 – Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under Ivan Paskevich storm Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Eastern Armenia.
- October 20 – Greek War of Independence – Battle of Navarino: British, French, and Russian naval forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece.
[edit] Undated
- Laos: King Anouvong of Vientiane declares war on Siam and successfully attacks Nakhon Ratchasima (the Siamese later invade Vientiane and nearly destroy the whole city).
- Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match which he names Lucifer.
- Egypt: Cairo University School of Medicine is established as the first African medical school in the Middle East.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1827 MDCCCXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2580 |
| Armenian calendar | 1276 ԹՎ ՌՄՀԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -17 – -16 |
| Berber calendar | 2777 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2371 |
| Burmese calendar | 1189 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7335 – 7336 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年十二月初四日 (4463/4523-12-4) — to —
丁亥年十一月十四日(4464/4524-11-14) |
| Coptic calendar | 1543 – 1544 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1819 – 1820 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5587 – 5588 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1882 – 1883 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1749 – 1750 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4928 – 4929 |
| Holocene calendar | 11827 |
| Iranian calendar | 1205 – 1206 |
| Islamic calendar | 1242 – 1243 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 10 (文政10年) |
| Korean calendar | 4160 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2370 |
- November 7 – Antti Ahlström, Finnish industrialist (d. 1896)
- March 8 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
- April 5 – Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
- April 8 – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
- May 11 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
- May 19 – Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
- May 21 – William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
- May 27 – Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
- June 12 – Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
- June 13 – Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (d. 1882)
- July 13 – Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d. 1895)
- July 17 – Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d. 1902)
- September 30 – Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
- November 10 – J.T. Wamelink, American composer (d. 1910)
- November 26 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
- 3 December- Jain Acharya Rajendrasuri, religious reformer (d. 1906)
- See also Category: 1827 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 – Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, heir-presumptive to the British throne (b. 1763)
- February 19 – Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general and diplomat (b. 1773)
- March 5
- Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
- March 26 – Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- May 27 – Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite (b. 1768)
- July 14 – Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist (b. 1788)
- April 29- Deborah Sampson, first American female soldier (b. 1760)
- August 8 – George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
- August 12 – William Blake, English poet and artist (b. 1757)
- November 7 – Maria Theresia of Tuscany, Queen of Saxony (b. 1767)
- December 3 – Servando Teresa de Mier, preacher (b. 1765)
- See also Category: 1827 deaths.
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