1828 - Encyclopedia

Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 1828 - Events. January 4 - France: The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France. January 22 - UK: The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. May 26 - Feral child: Kaspar Hauser is discovered in Nuremberg, Germany. ...

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1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).

January 4 - France: The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France.
January 22 - UK: The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
May 26 - Feral child: Kaspar Hauser is discovered in Nuremberg, Germany.
June 23 - Portugal: King Miguel I overthrows his niece Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars.
August 27 – South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay.
December 3 - U.S. presidential election: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

Science: Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, disproving a cornerstone of vitalism.
Armenia: Russia captures Eastern Armenia from Persia.

1828 in the United Kingdom

1828 - Births

February 8 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
March 18 - William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
March 20 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906)
May 8 - Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910)
May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
August 17 - Maria Deraismes, French feminist (d. 1894)
September 9 (N.S.); August 28 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910)

1828 - Exact month/day of birth unknown

Clinton B. Fisk, American temperance movement leader (d. 1890)

1828 - Deaths

April 16 - Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
May 8 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
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 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)