What happened in 1828?

Ninth Russo-Turkish War

Wars & Conflicts

1828–1829 part of the Russo-Turkish wars

Gran Colombia–Peru War

Wars & Conflicts · Guayaquil Department

1828-1829 war between Colombia and Peru

Battle of Akhalzic

Wars & Conflicts · Akhaltsikhe

Battle (1828-1829)

Siege of Varna (1828)

Wars & Conflicts · Varna

1828 siege during the Russo-Turkish War, (1828–29)

Siege of Kars

Wars & Conflicts · Kars

1828 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)

Siege of Silistra (1828)

Wars & Conflicts · Silistra

1828 siege

Battle of Nanggulon

Wars & Conflicts · Kulon Progo

1828 battle

Battle of Kroya

Wars & Conflicts · Kroya

1828 battle

Battle of Ensenada

Wars & Conflicts

1828 battle

Battle of Hacihasanlar

Wars & Conflicts · Varna

1828 battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)

Liberal Wars

Wars & Conflicts · Portugal

1828-1834 civil war in Portugal

Battle of Mariel

Wars & Conflicts · Mariel

1828 naval battle

Battle of Punta Malpelo

Wars & Conflicts · Punta Malpelo

1828 Gran Columbia-Peru War naval battle

1828 Peruvian–Bolivian War

Wars & Conflicts · Bolivia

Invasion of Bolivia by Peru

Treaty of Turkmenchay

Politics & Government · Tabriz

Agreement between Qajar Iran and Imperial Russia that concluded the Russo-Persian War of 1826–28

1828 Treaty of Montevideo

Politics & Government

August 1828 treaty to recognize the independence of Uruguay

Shaka Zulu died

People · KwaDukuza

Leader of the Zulu Kingdom

Carl Peter Thunberg died

People · Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

Swedish naturalist (1743-1828)

Charles Manners-Sutton died

People · Lambeth Palace

Archbishop of Canterbury; Bishop of Norwich

William Hyde Wollaston died

People · London

English chemist and physicist (1766–1828)

John Oxley died

People · Camden

Died in Camden. Australian politician.

James Edward Smith died

People · Norwich

English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society of London (1759–1828)

Dugald Stewart died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish philosopher and mathematician

Dixon Denham died

People · Freetown

British explorer

Louis Choris died

People · Veracruz

Russian artist and explorer (1795-1828)

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet died

People · Toulouse

British politician (1772–1828)

François Isaac de Rivaz died

People · Sion

Swiss inventor and politician (1752-1828)

Eise Eisinga died

People · Franeker

Dutch astronomer (1744-1828)

William Thornton died

People · Washington, D.C.

British-American physician, inventor, painter and architect (1759-1828)

Louis-Nicolas Robert died

People · Vernouillet

French papermaker

Charles Sylvester died

People · Sheffield

British civil engineer and chemist

Francisco Salva Campillo died

People · Barcelona

Spanish/Catalan prominent late-Enlightenment period scientist

Antoine-Alexis Cadet de Vaux died

People · Nogent-sur-Oise

French chemist, pharmacist

Nicholas Halma died

People · Paris

French mathematician and translator (1755–1828)

James Finley died

People · Ireland

American civil engineer

Barnabé Brisson died

People · Nevers

French corps of bridges, waters and forests and engineer

James Sadler died

People · Oxford

British balloonist (1753–1828)

David Friesenhausen died

People · Alba Iulia

Hungarian maskil, rabbi, and astronomer

Robert Blair died

People · Westlock

British astronomer

Nathaniel Niles died

People · Fairlee

American lawyer and politician (1741–1828)

Karl Heinrich Klingert died

People · Wrocław

German inventor (1760-1828)

Claude Niépce died

People · England

French photography pioneer (1763-1828)

Arjen Roelofs died

People · Hijum

Dutch astronomer (1754–1828)

Pringle Stokes died

People · Puerto del Hambre

British naval officer (1793-1828)

Thomas Hinde died

People · Newport

British doctor

Charles Throsby died

People · Sydney

Australian explorer, pioneer and parliamentarian

Elisabeth Olin died

People · Storkyrkoförsamlingen

Singer (1740-1828)

Louis-Benoît Picard died

People · former 7th arrondissement of Paris

French actor and writer (1769-1829)

Joseph Fodor died

People · Saint Petersburg

Dutch composer and violinist (1752-1828)

Karl Friedrich Krüger died

People · Vienna

German actor

William Augustus Conway died

People · Charleston

English actor (1789-1828)

Dumaniant died

People · former 6th arrondissement of Paris

French actor

Carl Friedrich Clemens Weinmüller died

People · Vienna

Operatic bass, theatre director

Alexandre-Auguste Robineau died

People · Paris

French painter and musician (1747-1828)

Henriette Spitzeder died

People · Berlin

German operatic soprano (1800-1828)

John Henry Johnstone died

People · Covent Garden

Irish actor and singer

Euphrosyne Löf died

People · Stockholm

Swedish actor and ballerina

John Bernard died

People · London

English actor and biographer

Leo Tolstoy born

People · Yasnaya Polyana

Born in Yasnaya Polyana. Russian author (1828–1910).

Jules Verne born

People · Nantes

Born in Nantes. French writer (1828–1905).

Henry Dunant born

People · Geneva

Born in Geneva. Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross (1828-1910).

Dante Gabriel Rossetti born

People · London

Born in London. English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882).

Hippolyte Taine born

People · Vouziers

Born in Vouziers. French literary critic and historian (1828-1893).

Nikolay Chernyshevsky born

People · Saratov

Born in Saratov. Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889).

Randal Cremer born

People · Fareham

Born in Fareham. English politician (1828–1908).

George Meredith born

People · Portsmouth

Born in Portsmouth. British novelist and poet (1828–1909).

Saigō Takamori born

People · Kajiya-chō

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).

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo born

People · Málaga

Born in Málaga. Spanish politician and Bourbon Restoration architect (1828–1897).

Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German general (1828–1885).

Dora d'Istria born

People · Bucharest

Born in Bucharest. Romanian writer of Albanian origins (1828-1888).

Joseph Dietzgen born

People · Stadt Blankenberg

Born in Stadt Blankenberg. German philosopher (1828-1888).

Friedrich Albert Lange born

People · Wald

Born in Wald. German philosopher and sociologist (1828-1875).

Iosif Gurko born

People · Veliky Novgorod

Born in Veliky Novgorod. Russian general (1828-1901).

Franjo Rački born

People · Fužine

Born in Fužine. Croatian historian, politician and writer (1828-1894).

Margaret Oliphant born

People · Wallyford

Born in Wallyford. Scottish novelist (1828–1897).

Mina Karadžić born

People · Landstraße

Born in Landstraße. Serbian historian and painter (1828-1894).

Dragan Tsankov born

People · Svishtov

Born in Svishtov. Prime Minister of Bulgaria (1828-1911).

Ignacio de Veintemilla born

People · Quito

Born in Quito. President of Ecuador (1876 - 1883).

Boris Chicherin born

People · Tambov

Born in Tambov. Russian philosopher (1828-1904).

Louise of the Netherlands born

People · The Hague

Born in The Hague. Queen Consort of Sweden and Queen Consort of Norway from 1859 to 1871.

Charlotte, Princess Royal died

People · Ludwigsburg Palace

Died in Ludwigsburg Palace. British princess (1766-1828); eldest daughter of George III.

Radama I the Great died

People · Rova of Antananarivo

Died in Rova of Antananarivo. King of Imerina (1793–1828).

Ayşe Sineperver Sultan died

People · Istanbul

Died in Istanbul. Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I (1759/60–1828), mother and Valide Sultan of Mustafa IV.

University of Lancashire

Science & Technology · Preston

University of Lancashire, UK

Botanic Gardens

Science & Technology

Public garden in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Morea expedition

Science & Technology · Greece

1828 military and research expedition

Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Formerly named Kristiansand Museum (until 1990)

Little House of the Divine Providence

Science & Technology

Hospital in Italy

Augusta University

Science & Technology

University in Augusta, Georgia

Johnson State College

Science & Technology

Former state college in Johnson, Vermont

Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

Science & Technology

Public university

State University of New York at New Paltz

Science & Technology

Public university in New Paltz, New York

GKB1

Science & Technology

Hospital in Russia

Frederick William University Berlin

Science & Technology

Former university in Berlin, Germany; predecessor of Humboldt University

Murray Royal Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Perth, Scotland

Royal Sussex County Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in England

Hôpital Etoc-Demazy

Science & Technology

Hospital in France

TU Dresden

Science & Technology

Institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, Saxony, Germany, founded in 1828

Hellenic Military Academy

Science & Technology · Vari

Military unit

National University of St Augustin of Arequipa

Science & Technology

State-owned university in Arequipa, Peru

Morane

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

Nidlenloch

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Switzerland

expedition to Netherlands New Guinea (1828)

Exploration & Discovery · New Guinea

Dutch marine expedition to New Guinea (1828)

Crosley–Garrett Mill Workers' Housing, Store, and Mill Site

Exploration & Discovery

historic buildings in Pennsylvania, United States

Immaculate Conception Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral of the archdiocese of Bar

Bachelors' Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Berat

Cultural Monument in Albania

Our Lady of Carmel Cathedral, Jaboticabal

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Jaboticabal, Brazil

Nagore Durgha, Singapore

Religion & Belief Systems

Indian Muslim shrine

synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Building No 105 in Čkyně, Czechia

Santinath Siva temple

Religion & Belief Systems

A temple built in 1828 at Mitrasenpur, Chandrakona, West Bengal, India.

Trinity Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Ennis Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in County Clare, Ireland

Old Jewish Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems · Frankfurt

Cemetery in Frankfurt

Church of St George, Chester Road, Hulme

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Manchester

Sudervės Jewish Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

Jewish cemetery in Vilnius

Temple de l'église réformée de France de Versailles

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Yvelines, in France

Dafu Butian Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

A Nüwa temple in Jhuangwei township, Yilan county, Taiwan

Gostiņi Lutheran church in Pļaviņas

Religion & Belief Systems

Latvian cultural monument No. 6165

St. Gregory the Illuminator Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Former Armenian church in Nizhny Novgorod

Gadhada Swaminarayan Temple

Religion & Belief Systems · Gadhada

Grave of Carette

Religion & Belief Systems · Père-Lachaise Cemetery - Division 42

Sepulchral chapel located in Paris, in France

Holy Trinity Church of St. Stephen Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Perm, Russia

Old Brick Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Alabama, United States of America

Dorchester Community Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Hampshire, United States of America

Mariner's Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Portland, United States of America

First Congregational Church of East Longmeadow

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Kilgore Union Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

St Austin's Church, Wakefield

Religion & Belief Systems · Wakefield

Catholic Church and grade II listed building in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Chapelle de Montégoutte

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Vosges, in France

chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde de Kertugal

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Côtes-d'Armor, in France

St. Lubentius (Kobern)

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church

Hino Tanjō-in Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple of the Honganji-ha sect dedicated to Amitābha Buddha in Fushimi-ku, Japan

Ermita de San Miguel Alto, Granada

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Annunciation in Obarzym

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Obarzym, Poland

Wayside cross in front of church of Saint Giles

Religion & Belief Systems · Náměstí Karla IV.

Former vicarage in Sugenheim

Religion & Belief Systems · Krassolzheim

Two-storey hipped roof building from 1828/29 with bat dormer, base, stone frames and corner ashlars made of sandstone, central axis on the main facade deepened and corner ashlars in Krassolzheim, Middle Franconia, Bavaria

Bösendorfer

Economy & Trade · Vienna

Austrian piano manufacturing company

Georgia Gold Rush

Economy & Trade · Georgia

Discovery of gold in Georgia, US

Jamnica

Economy & Trade · Pisarovina

Croatian water bottling company

Watson's Personal Care Stores

Economy & Trade · Guangzhou

Personal and health care chain store

Citizens Financial Group

Economy & Trade · Providence

American bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island

Reclam

Economy & Trade · Ditzingen

German publisher

A.S. Watson Group

Economy & Trade · Sha Tin District

Hong Kong retailer

Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung

Economy & Trade · Graz

Company

Willis Group

Economy & Trade · London

Company

Port of Yevpatoriya

Economy & Trade · Yevpatoriya

Port in  Ukraine

Richard Hornsby & Sons

Economy & Trade · Grantham

UK business

Union Gießerei

Economy & Trade · Kaliningrad

Defunct German manufacturing company

Olyphant & Co.

Economy & Trade · Guangzhou

American merchant trading house or hong in 19th-century China

J.W. Lees Brewery

Economy & Trade · Manchester

UK business

Cotton Mill Cantoni

Economy & Trade · Legnano

Textile industry Italian active between 1830 and 1985, Legnano (Italy).

J. L. Mott Iron Works

Economy & Trade · New York City

Defunct manufacturer of cast iron products, New York City, U.S.

J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd

Economy & Trade · Brandon

British organ builders

Boustead & Co

Economy & Trade · London

Asset management and corporate finance company

Boustead Singapore

Economy & Trade · Singapore

Singapore engineering company

John Brogden and Sons

Economy & Trade · London

UK business

Siberian gold rush

Economy & Trade · Siberia

Gold mining in Siberia in the 19th century

1828 Sanjō earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Japan

September Conspiracy

Disasters & Pandemics · Palacio de San Carlos

Conspiracy and assassination attempt against Simón Bolívar

Cape Grim massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre in Tasmania (1828)

Decembrist revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Argentina

War in Argentina

Stella Maris Monastery

Architecture & Engineering · Mount Carmel

Monastery in Haifa, Israel

United First Parish Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States

Hornnes Church

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church at Hornnes, in Evje and Hornnes municipality, Norway

Årdal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church in Bygland municipality, Norway

Tresfjord Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building (Lutheran) in Vestnes, Norway

Røyrvik Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Episcopal church in Troy, New York, USA

St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Truro, Cornwall, England, UK

Föra Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Borgholm Municipality, Sweden

Church of Saint Elijah, Smederevska Palanka

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Smederevska Palanka, Serbia

St Clement's Church, Oxford

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oxford, UK

S Bridge II

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Nossa Senhora da Conceição church

Architecture & Engineering

Cabo Verde

Christ Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Virginia, USA

St. James' Church, Nallur

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Nallur, Sri Lanka

Church of St John the Evangelist

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II* listed church in Derby, United Kingdom

St Mary's, Staines

Architecture & Engineering · Staines-upon-Thames

Church in Staines-upon-Thames

Riffort

Architecture & Engineering · Otrobanda

Fort in Willemstad, Curaçao

Guangyun Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist Temple in Yunnan, China

Lincoln's New Salem

Architecture & Engineering

Recreated former frontier village in Menard County, Illinois

Shaheed Minar

Architecture & Engineering · Esplanade

Monument in Kolkata

Obelisk to Minin and Pozharsky

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Shlisselburg Bridge (Saint Petersburg)

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Russia

Church of the Smolensk Icon of Our Lady in Olonets

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Olonets, Russia

St. Augustine National Cemetery

Architecture & Engineering

military cemetery in St. Augustine, Florida, United States

St. Paul Episcopal Cathedral, Cincinnati

Architecture & Engineering

church in Ohio, US

Starkey United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

Whitaker's Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

chapel in North Carolina, United States of America

Gradner-Kapelle, Vienna

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Vienna, Austria

Staraya Russa resort

Architecture & Engineering · Staraya Russa

Resort, historic site in Staraya Russa, Russia

Toyokawa Inari Betsu-in Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Buddhist temple of the Sōtō sect dedicated to Dakini in Moto-Akasaka, Japan

Alexandrinsky theatre building

Sports & Entertainment

Building of Alexandrinsky theatre building, Russia

Caucasian Imamate founded

Empires & Countries · Vedeno

Caucasian Imamate was founded, with its capital at Vedeno.

Erivan Khanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Yerevan

Erivan Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Yerevan.

Kingdom of Vientiane dissolved

Empires & Countries · Vientiane

Kingdom of Vientiane ceased to exist, having been centered at Vientiane.

Nakhichevan Khanate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Nakhchivan

Nakhichevan Khanate ceased to exist, having been centered at Nakhchivan.