What happened in 1828?
141 recorded events in 1828, including 64 in people, 20 in economy & trade and 17 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 10
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Ninth Russo-Turkish War
1828–1829 part of the Russo-Turkish wars
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Gran Colombia–Peru War
1828-1829 war between Colombia and Peru
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Battle of Akhalzic
Battle (1828-1829)
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Siege of Varna (1828)
1828 siege during the Russo-Turkish War, (1828–29)
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Siege of Kars
1828 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
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Siege of Silistra (1828)
1828 siege
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Battle of Nanggulon
1828 battle
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Battle of Kroya
1828 battle
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Battle of Ensenada
1828 battle
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Battle of Hacihasanlar
1828 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Turkmenchay
Agreement between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia that concluded the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28
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1828 Treaty of Montevideo
August 1828 treaty to recognize the independence of Uruguay
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People 64
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Shaka Zulu died
Leader of the Zulu Kingdom
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Carl Peter Thunberg died
Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)
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Charles Manners-Sutton died
Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich
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William Hyde Wollaston died
English chemist and physicist (1766–1828)
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John Oxley died
Australian politician
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James Edward Smith died
English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society of London (1759–1828)
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Dugald Stewart died
Scottish philosopher and mathematician
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Dixon Denham died
British explorer
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Louis Choris died
Russian artist and explorer (1795-1828)
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Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet died
British politician (1772–1828)
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François Isaac de Rivaz died
Swiss inventor and politician (1752-1828)
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Eise Eisinga died
Dutch astronomer (1744-1828)
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William Thornton died
British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (1759-1828)
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Louis-Nicolas Robert died
French papermaker
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Charles Sylvester died
British civil engineer and chemist
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Francisco Salva Campillo died
Spanish/Catalan prominent late-Enlightenment period scientist
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Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux died
French chemist, pharmacist
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Nicholas Halma died
French mathematician and translator (1755–1828)
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James Finley died
American civil engineer
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Barnabé Brisson died
French corps of bridges, waters and forests and engineer
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James Sadler died
British balloonist (1753–1828)
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David Friesenhausen died
Hungarian maskil, rabbi, and astronomer
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Robert Blair died
British astronomer
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Nathaniel Niles died
American lawyer and politician (1741–1828)
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Karl Heinrich Klingert died
German inventor (1760-1828)
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Claude Niépce died
French photography pioneer (1763-1828)
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Arjen Roelofs died
Dutch astronomer (1754–1828)
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Pringle Stokes died
British naval officer (1793-1828)
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Thomas Hinde died
British doctor
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Charles Throsby died
Australian explorer, pioneer and parliamentarian
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Elisabeth Olin died
Singer (1740-1828)
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Louis-Benoît Picard died
French actor and writer (1769-1829)
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Joseph Fodor died
Dutch composer and violinist (1752-1828)
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Karl Friedrich Krüger died
German actor
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William Augustus Conway died
English actor (1789-1828)
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Dumaniant died
French actor
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Carl Friedrich Clemens Weinmüller died
Operatic bass, theatre director
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Alexandre-Auguste Robineau died
French painter and musician (1747-1828)
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Henriette Spitzeder died
German operatic soprano (1800-1828)
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John Henry Johnstone died
Irish actor and singer
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Euphrosyne Löf died
Swedish actor and ballerina
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John Bernard died
English actor and biographer
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Leo Tolstoy born
Born in Yasnaya Polyana. Russian author (1828–1910).
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Jules Verne born
Born in Nantes. French writer (1828–1905).
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Henry Dunant born
Born in Geneva. Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross (1828-1910).
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti born
Born in London. English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882).
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Hippolyte Taine born
Born in Vouziers. French literary critic and historian (1828-1893).
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Nikolay Chernyshevsky born
Born in Saratov. Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889).
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Randal Cremer born
Born in Fareham. English politician (1828–1908).
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George Meredith born
Born in Portsmouth. British novelist and poet (1828–1909).
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Saigō Takamori born
Born in Kajiya-chō. Samurai of the Satsuma domain, supreme commander of Japanese army, one of the three great nobles who led the Meiji Restoration (1828-1877).
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Antonio Cánovas del Castillo born
Born in Málaga. Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897).
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Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia born
Born in Berlin. German general (1828–1885).
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Dora d'Istria born
Born in Bucharest. Romanian writer of Albanian origins (1828-1888).
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Joseph Dietzgen born
Born in Stadt Blankenberg. German philosopher (1828-1888).
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Friedrich Albert Lange born
Born in Wald. German philosopher and sociologist (1828-1875).
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Iosif Gurko born
Born in Veliky Novgorod. Russian general (1828-1901).
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Franjo Rački born
Born in Fužine. Croatian historian, politician and writer (1828-1894).
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Margaret Oliphant born
Born in Wallyford. Scottish novelist (1828–1897).
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Mina Karadžić born
Born in Landstraße. Serbian historian and painter (1828-1894).
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Dragan Tsankov born
Born in Svishtov. Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1828-1911).
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Ignacio de Veintemilla born
Born in Quito. President of Ecuador (1876 - 1883).
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Boris Chicherin born
Born in Tambov. Russian philosopher (1828-1904).
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John Oxley died
Died in Camden. Australian politician.
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Science & Technology 14
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University of Lancashire
University of Lancashire, UK
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Botanic Gardens
Public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Morea expedition
1828 military and research expedition
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Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden
Formerly named Kristiansand Museum (until 1990)
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Little House of the Divine Providence
Hospital in Italy
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Augusta University
University in Augusta, Georgia
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Johnson State College
Former state college in Johnson, Vermont
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Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Public university
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State University of New York at New Paltz
Public university in New Paltz, New York
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GKB1
Hospital in Russia
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Frederick William University Berlin
Former university in Berlin, Germany; predecessor of Humboldt University
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Murray Royal Hospital
Hospital in Perth, Scotland
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Royal Sussex County Hospital
Hospital in England
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Hôpital Etoc-Demazy
Hospital in France
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Morane
Island in French Polynesia
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Nidlenloch
Cave in Switzerland
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Religion & Belief Systems 6
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral
Cathedral of the archdiocese of Bar
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Bachelors' Mosque
Cultural Monument in Albania
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Our Lady of Carmel Cathedral, Jaboticabal
Church in Jaboticabal, Brazil
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Nagore Durgha, Singapore
Indian Muslim shrine
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synagogue
Building No 105 in Čkyně, Czechia
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Santinath Siva temple
A temple built in 1828 at Mitrasenpur, Chandrakona, West Bengal, India.
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Economy & Trade 20
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Bösendorfer
Austrian piano manufacturing company
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Georgia Gold Rush
Discovery of gold in Georgia, US
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Jamnica
Croatian water bottling company
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Watson's Personal Care Stores
Personal and health care chain store
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Citizens Financial Group
American bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island
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Reclam
German publisher
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A.S. Watson Group
Hong Kong retailer
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Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung
Company
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Willis Group
Company
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Port of Yevpatoriya
Port in Ukraine
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Richard Hornsby & Sons
UK business
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Union Gießerei
Defunct German manufacturing company
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Olyphant & Co.
American merchant trading house or hong in 19th-century China
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J.W. Lees Brewery
UK business
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Cotton Mill Cantoni
Textile industry Italian active between 1830 and 1985, Legnano (Italy).
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J. L. Mott Iron Works
Defunct manufacturer of cast iron products, New York City, U.S.
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J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd
British organ builders
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Boustead & Co
Asset management and corporate finance company
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Boustead Singapore
Singapore engineering company
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John Brogden and Sons
UK business
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1828 Sanjō earthquake
Earthquake in Japan
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Decembrist revolution
War in Argentina
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Architecture & Engineering 17
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Stella Maris Monastery
Monastery in Haifa, Israel
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United First Parish Church
Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
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Hornnes Church
Parish church at Hornnes, in Evje and Hornnes municipality, Norway
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Årdal Church
Parish church in Bygland municipality, Norway
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Tresfjord Church
Church building (Lutheran) in Vestnes, Norway
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Røyrvik Church
Church in Trøndelag, Norway
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Episcopal church in Troy, New York, USA
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St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro
Church building in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
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Föra Church
Church building in Borgholm Municipality, Sweden
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Church of Saint Elijah, Smederevska Palanka
Church building in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia
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St Clement's Church, Oxford
Church in Oxford, UK
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S Bridge II
Bridge in United States of America
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Nossa Senhora da Conceição church
Cabo Verde
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Christ Episcopal Church
Church in Virginia, USA
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St. James' Church, Nallur
Church in Nallur, Sri Lanka
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Church of St John the Evangelist
Grade II* listed church in Derby, United Kingdom
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St Mary's, Staines
Church in Staines-upon-Thames
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Alexandrinsky theatre building
Building of Alexandrinsky theatre building, Russia
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Empires & Countries 3
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Caucasian Imamate founded
Caucasian Imamate was founded, with its capital at Vedeno.
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Erivan Khanate dissolved
Erivan Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Yerevan.
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Kingdom of Vientiane dissolved
Kingdom of Vientiane ceased to exist, having been centered at Vientiane.
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