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1828 Historical Event(s)
April 14, 1828
– Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary.
April 20, 1828
– René Caillié becomes the first non-Muslim to enter Timbouctou.
May 19, 1828
– U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States.
May 26, 1828
– Feral child Kaspar Hauser is discovered wandering the streets of Nuremberg.
August 27, 1828
– Uruguay is formally proclaimed independent at preliminary peace talks brokered by Great Britain between Brazil and Argentina during the Argentina-Brazil War.
October 7, 1828
– The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
October 25, 1828
– The St Katharine Docks opened in London.
December 19, 1828
– Nullification Crisis: Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun pens the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828.
Who Were Born On 1828?
February 12, 1828
– George Meredith, English writer (d. 1909)
February 14, 1828
– Edmond François Valentin About, French writer (d. 1885)
March 20, 1828
– Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian writer (d. 1906)
April 13, 1828
– Joseph Barber Lightfoot, English theologian and Bishop (d. 1889)
May 8, 1828
– Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk (d. 1898)
July 9, 1828
– Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
August 5, 1828
– Queen Louise of the Netherlands, Dutch consort of Charles XV of Sweden (d. 1871)
August 28, 1828
– Leo Tolstoy, Russian author (birthdate according to O.S.) (d. 1910)
September 15, 1828
– Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886)
October 2, 1828
– Charles Floquet, French statesman (d. 1896)