1827
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1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
Events
- February 20 - South America: Battle of Ituzaingo or Passo do Rosário - A force of the Brazilian Imperial Army met 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.
- 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 – 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.
- April 10 - UK: George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister.
- 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.
- July 14 - Kingdom of Hawaii: Diocese of Honolulu founded.
- August 31 - UK: Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the UK following the death of Canning.
- 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.
- 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.
- Finland: Great Fire of Turku.
- 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
- March 8 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
- April 5 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
- May 11 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
- May 19 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
- June 12 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
- July 13 - Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d. 1895)
- July 17 - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d. 1902)
- November 26 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
- George M. Harding, architect (d. ?)
Deaths
- February 19 - Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general and diplomat (b. 1773)
- March 5 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- March 5 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
- March 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- May 27 - Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite (b. 1768)
- August 8 - George Canning, British statesman and Prime Minister (b. 1770)
- August 12 - William Blake, English poet and artist (b. 1757)
- Muttusvami Dikshitar, Indian composer
- José Fernando de Abascal, Spanish viceroy of Peru
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