1828
Year 1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s – 1820s – 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1825 1826 1827 – 1828 – 1829 1830 1831 |
Events
January–March
- January 22 – UK: The Duke of Wellington takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Lord Goderich.
April–June
- April 11 – Bahía Blanca is founded.
- April 26 – Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed between Brazil and Denmark, establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.[1]
Births
January–June
- February 8 – Jules Verne, French novelist (d. 1905)
- March 20 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906)
- May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
Deaths
- April 16 – Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
- November 19 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)
Sources
- Great Britain. Foreign Office (1829). British and Foreign State Papers. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 717.
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