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.
Events of 1827
January - March
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February 20 -
South America:
Battle of Ituzaingo or
Passo do Rosário - A force of the
Brazilian Imperial Army meets in combat
Argentinean-
Uruguayan troops.
★
February 28 - The
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first
railroad in
America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
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March 4 - The
Sigma Phi Society is founded on the campus of
Union College in
Schenectady,
New York.
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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.
★
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 - June
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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: 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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April 24 -
Battle of Phaleron during
Greek War of Independence
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May 21 - The
Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of
Andrew Jackson in
Baltimore and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.
July - September
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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
George Canning.
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September 4 -
Finland:
Great Fire of Turku.
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September 22 -
Joseph Smith Jr. obtains the
Book of Mormon, for him to translate.
October - December
''Naval Battle of Navarino'' by Carneray
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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.
★
October 20 -
Greek War of Independence:
Battle of Navarino.
British,
French, and
Russian
Naval Forces destroy the
Turko-
Egyptian fleet in
Greece.
Undated
★
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.
★
Englishman John Walker invents ''
Lucifer''
matches.
★
Egypt: Establishment of
Cairo University School of Medicine as the first African School of medicine and in middle east.
Births
January - June
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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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April 8 -
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d.
1898)
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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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May 27 -
Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d.
1892)
★
June 12 -
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d.
1901)
July - December
★
July 13 -
Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d.
1895)
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July 17 -
Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d.
1902)
★
September 30 -
Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d.
1918)
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November 26 -
Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d.
1915)
★
3 December- Jain
Acharya Rajendrasuri was born on the Thursday 3rd December,
1827 at
Bharatpur (
Rajasthan)
: ''See also .''
Deaths
January - June
★
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)
★
★
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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April 29-
Deborah Sampson, first American female soldier (b.
1760)
July - December
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August 8 -
George Canning,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b.
1770)
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August 12 -
William Blake, English poet and artist (b.
1757)
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November 7 -
Maria Theresia of Tuscany, Queen of Saxony (b.
1767)
★
December 3 -
Servando Teresa de Mier, preacher (b.
1765)
: ''See also .''
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