1827 Calendar
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1827 Historical Event(s)
February 28, 1827
– The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
March 7, 1827
– Brazil marines unsuccessfully attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina.
April 7, 1827
– John Walker, an English chemist, sells the first friction match that he had invented the previous year.
July 4, 1827
– Slavery is abolished in New York State.
August 22, 1827
– José de La Mar becomes President of Peru.
October 1, 1827
– Russo-Persian War: The Russian army under Ivan Paskevich storms Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Armenia.
October 20, 1827
– Battle of Navarino – a combined Turkish and Egyptian armada is defeated by British, French, and Russian naval force in the port of Navarino in Pylos, Greece.
October 27, 1827
– Bellini’s third opera Il pirata is premiered at Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Who Were Born On 1827?
April 14, 1827
– Augustus Pitt Rivers, English archaeologist (d. 1900)
April 16, 1827
– Octave Crémazie, Canadian poet (d. 1879)
April 28, 1827
– William Nelson Hall, Canadian sailor (d. 1904)
May 16, 1827
– Pierre Cuypers, Dutch architect (d. 1921)
June 12, 1827
– Johanna Spyri, Swiss writer (d. 1901)
July 19, 1827
– Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857)
August 5, 1827
– Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian statesman (d. 1892)
August 10, 1827
– Lovro Toman, Slovenian politician (d. 1870)
September 30, 1827
– Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
November 17, 1827
– Petko Slavejkov, Bulgarian writer (d. 1895)