1827
1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events February 20 - Battle of Huzaingo February 28 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight. March 1 St David's College, now the University of Wales, Lampeter opens its doors to its first students. March 7 – Ellen Turner is abducted – The Shrigley Abduction case begins March 15 - The University of Toronto is chartered April – Husain Dei of Algeria slaps the French consul Decalina to the face – France ends up declaring war April 10 - George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister May 14 – Culprits of the Shrigley Abduction are sentenced for three years each May 21 - Launch of the Standard newspaper of London, which later became the Evening Standard. June - Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph. July 6 - Treaty of London between France, Britain, and Russia, to demand that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece. August 31 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the U.K. following the death of Canning October 20 - Battle of Navarino. British, French, and Russian Naval Forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece. September 21 - Joseph Smith, Jr claims that the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which is translated into The Book of Mormon Fire in Turku Englishman John Walker invents Lucifer matches
BirthsMarch 8 - Wilhelm Bleek, linguist, (d. 1875)April 5- Joseph Lister, British inventor of antisepticMay 19 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)June 12 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)July 13 - Hugh O'Brien, mayor of BostonJuly 17 - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist.November 26 - Ellen G. White, prophetess, co-founder or Seventh-day AdventismGeorge M. Harding, architect
Deaths March 5 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745) March 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770) August 8 - George Canning, British statesman and Prime Minister (b. 1770) August 12 - William Blake, English poet and artist (b. 1757) Muttusvami Dikshitar, composer José Fernando de Abascal, Spanish viceroy of Peru
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