Events in year of 1826
- 01-01Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies
- 02-11London University founded
- 02-13American Temperance Society, forms in Boston
- 03-041st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts
- 04-01Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
- 04-23Missolonghi captured by Turks
- 06-10Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey
- 06-20Siam / England sign trade / peace treaty
- 07-26Vilnus Lithuanian riots cause death of many Jews
- 07-30Java Prince Dipo Negoro surprise attacks Dutch colony, 82 killed
- 08-19Canada Co chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario)
- 08-22Colonies under Jedediah Strong Smith move near Salt Lake City, Utah
- 09-03USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe
- 10-07Granite Railway (1st chartered railway in US) begins operations
- 11-15Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java / Madura
- 11-27John Walker invents friction match in England
People born in year of 1826
- 01-06Herman Grimm: Germany -- Writer / Novelist (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- 01-12Charles Cruft: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
- 01-15Mikhail Saltykov: Spas-Ugol, Russia -- Satirist (Family of Noblemen)
- 01-22[Merriwether] Jeff Thompson: Partisan (Confederate Army), died in 1876
- 01-25Rembt T H P L A van Boneval Faure: Dutch MP
- 01-26Julia Dent Grant: 1st lady (1862-76)
- 01-27Richard Taylor: Lieutenant General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
- 02-03Walter Bagehot: England, United Kingdom -- Economist / sociologist
- 02-04Halbert Eleazer Paine: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
- 02-09John Alexander Logan: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1886
- 02-15George J Stoney: Irish physicist
- 02-16Franz von Holstein: Composer
- 02-16Joseph V von Scheffel: German writer (Gaudeamus)
- 03-01John Thomas: Composer
- 03-04John Buford: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
- 03-09Jean Joseph Bott: German violinist / composer
- 03-12Robert Lowry: Composer
- 03-14William Fisk Sherwin: Composer
- 03-20Carel Vosmaer: Dutch art historian / poet / editor
- 03-23Leon Minkus: Composer
- 03-29Wilhelm Liebknecht: German MP (social-democratic)
- 04-02Philip Dale Roddey: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
- 04-06Gustave Moreau: French painter
- 04-07Johann Hermann Berens: Composer
- 04-09Thomas Hewson Neill: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1885
- 04-20Dina M Craik: Writer
- 04-28Alexander Stadtfeld: Composer
- 05-03Charles XV Louis E: King of Sweden / Norway (1859-72) / poet
- 05-04Frederick Church: US romantic landscape painter (Hudson River Sch)
- 05-07Varina Howell Davis: 1st lady (Confederacy), died in 1905
People died in year of 1826
- 02-25Piotr A von der Pahlen: Military Governor of St Petersburg, dies at 60
- 03-01J J Friedrich Weinbrenner: German Architect / archaeologist, dies at 59
- 03-10Johan VI M L J: King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at 56
- 03-11Gervais-Francois Couperin: Composer, dies at 66
- 03-27Jakob Haibel: Composer, dies at 63
- 04-03Reginald Heber: Bishop and hymn writer
- 04-13Franz Danzi: Composer, dies at 62
- 05-10Giuseppe Sigismondo: Composer, dies at 86
- 05-24Friedrich Fesca: Composer, dies at 37
- 05-25Christian Friedrich Ruppe: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-04Karl Maria FE von Weber: German Composer (Oberon), dies at 39
- 06-05Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber: Composer (Oberon), dies at 39
- 07-04John Adams: 2nd President (1797-1801), dies at 90
- 07-04Thomas Jefferson: 3rd President (1801-09), dies at 83
- 07-07Friedrich Ludwig Dulon: Flautist / composer, dies at 56
- 07-11Carl Bernhard Wessely: Composer, dies at 57
- 07-17Joseph Graetz: Composer, dies at 65
- 07-22Giuseppe Piazzi: Monk / Mathematician (found 1st asteroid), dies at 80
- 07-24Jacob Kimball: Composer, dies at 65
- 07-26Freidrich Wilhelm Weis: Composer, dies at 82
- 08-30Theodor Zwetler: Composer, dies at 67
- 09-22J P Hebel: Writer, dies at 66
- 10-03Jens I Baggesen: Danish writer / linguist (Labyrinth)
- 11-17Louise Reichardt: Composer, dies at 47
- 11-22Pavel Lambert Masek: Composer, dies at 65
- 12-10Benedikt Emanuel Schack: Composer, dies at 68
- 12-15William Browser: Revolting slave, executed in New York City
Events in year of 1827
- 01-01Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java
- 01-17Duke of Wellington appointed British Supreme Commander
- 01-21Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
- 02-07Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC)
- 02-271st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans
- 02-281st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) chartered
- 03-15University of Toronto is chartered
- 03-2920,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
- 04-02Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils
- 04-07English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches
- 06-05Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independ
- 07-04Slavery abolished in New York
- 07-231st US swim school opens (Boston, Massachusetts)
- 08-10Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada)
- 08-17Dutch King Willem I / Pope Leo XII sign concord
- 10-20Battle at Navarino: Engl / Russ / French fleet beat Turk / Egyptian fleet
- 11-15Creek-indians lose all their property in US
People born in year of 1827
- 01-01William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 01-06John Calvin Brown: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
- 01-06John Wesley Frazer: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies in 1906
- 02-01Alphonse de Rothschild: French banker
- 02-02Abner Monroe Perrin: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 02-02Oswald Aschenbach: German painter
- 02-10Peter J Savelberg: Dutch Limburgs monastery founder
- 02-19Charles Robert Woods: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855
- 02-20Edward Stuyvesant Bragg: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1912
- 02-22James Barnet Fry: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894
- 02-24Charles Davis Jameson: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- 02-27Richard W Johnson: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897
- 03-07Henry DeLamar Clayton: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889
- 03-11Septimus Winner: Composer
- 03-12John Robert Jones: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
- 03-12William Richard Terry: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1897
- 03-19Alexander Shaler: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1911
- 03-26Emanuel Kania: Composer
- 04-02William Holdman Hunt: English painter (Light of the World)
- 04-05Joseph Lister: England, United Kingdom -- Physician (founded aseptic surgery)
- 04-10Lewis Wallace: Major General (Union volunteers) / author (Ben Hur)
- 04-12Edward Mollenhauer: Composer
- 04-15Julius Tausch: Composer
- 04-17French C Baeckelmans: Flemish architect (St Amanduskerk, Antwerp)
- 04-20John Gibbon: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
- 04-22William Hopkins Morris: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1900
- 04-23Johann F Ritter von Schulte: German Catholic lawyer
- 04-26Charles Edward Hovey: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 05-07Francis Engle Patterson: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
- 05-16Petrus J H Cuypers: Architect (Amsterdam Museum, Central station)
People died in year of 1827
- 01-05Frederick of York: English duke / Bishop / General, dies at 63
- 01-30Johann Philipp Christian Schulz: Composer, dies at 53
- 02-02Johann Nepomuk Kalcher: Composer, dies at 62
- 02-07Franz Anton Dimmler: Composer, dies at 73
- 02-17Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: Swiss educator, dies at 81
- 02-26David Moritz Michael: Composer, dies at 75
- 03-05Alessandro Volta: Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82
- 03-09Franz Xaver Gerl: Composer, dies at 62
- 03-26Ludwig van Beethoven: German Composer (Appassionata), dies at 56
- 04-22Thomas Rowlandson: Caricaturist
- 04-23Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis: Actress (Phaedra / Lady MacBeth), dies at 65
- 04-24Pierre Joseph Candielle: Composer, dies at 82
- 04-26Bernardo Ottani: Composer, dies at 90
- 05-05Frederik Augustus I: Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at 76
- 06-26Christian A Vulpius: German writer (Ornaldo Ornaldini)
- 06-26Samuel Crompton: English inventor (mule-jenny), dies at 73
- 07-16Josiah Spode: Potter
- 08-02James Hewitt: Composer, dies at 57
- 08-08George Canning: British Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 57
- 08-12William Blake: English Poet / painter, dies at 69
- 08-27Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff: Austrian Earl / prince / diplomat
- 09-18Robert Pollok: Poet
- 10-10Ugo Foscolo: Italian poet, dies at 49
- 11-07Bartolomeo Campagnoli: Ital violinist / Composer / conductor, dies at 76
- 11-18Wilhelm Hauff: Writer, dies at 24
- 11-20Alexey Nikolayevich Titov: Composer, dies at 58
- 11-24Harman W Muntinghe: Lawyer / colonial director, dies at 54
- 11-28Dov Baer Schneersohn: Lubavitch leader / Author (Imirei Binah)
- 12-09Francois Leonard Rouwyzer: Composer, dies at 90
- 12-26Jan David Holland: Composer, dies at 81
Events in year of 1828
- 01-051st edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad)
- 02-18More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar
- 02-211st American Indian newspaper in US, "Cherokee Phoenix, " published
- 02-22Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai
- 03-24Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (1st state owned) authorized
- 04-04Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam)
- 04-1418-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
- 04-21Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary
- 05-13US passes Tariff of Abominations
- 05-18Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil
- 07-04Construction begins on B&O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st US passenger RR
- 08-24Dutch army takes Fort Du Bus in New Guinea
- 08-27Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
- 12-03Andrew Jackson elected 7th President of US
- 12-19South Carolina declares right of states to nullify federal laws
- 12-286.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed
People born in year of 1828
- 01-05August Valentine Kautz: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1895
- 01-17Lewis Addison Grant: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1918
- 01-23Calvin Edward Pratt: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
- 01-24Adam Jacoby Slemmer: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 01-24Ferdinand J Cohn: German Botanist / publicist
- 01-24Karol Studzinski: Composer
- 01-26Johan T Buys: Dutch lawyer
- 01-27Louis Schubert: Composer
- 01-27Samuel Allen Rice: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
- 01-28Michel Abeloos: Flemish sculptor
- 01-28Thomas Carmichael Hindman: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1868
- 02-08Antonio Cagnoni: Composer
- 02-12George Meredith: England, United Kingdom -- Poet / Novelist (Shaving of Shagpat)
- 02-12Robert Ransom, Jr.: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 02-15Johan H van Dale: Schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Dictionary)
- 02-19Johannes von Miquel: German politician
- 02-22Robert Alexander Cameron: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
- 02-29Antonio Guzman Blanco: President Venezuela
- 03-01James Fleming Fagan: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1893
- 03-01Vittorio Bersezio [Carlo Nugelli]: Italian playwright
- 03-02Jefferson Columbus Davis: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
- 03-03Karl Collan: Composer
- 03-04Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
- 03-05Johann Gungl: Composer
- 03-17Patrick Ronayne Cleburne: Major General (Confederate Army)
- 03-20Henrik Ibsen: Norway -- Playwright (Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabler)
- 04-04Margaret Oliphant: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Novelist / biographer (Beleaguered City)
- 04-05Pietro Plantania: Composer
- 04-06Charles William Field: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
- 04-08George Baird Hodge: Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
People died in year of 1828
- 01-13Alexandre-Auguste Robineau: Composer, dies at 80
- 01-31Alexandros Ypsilanti: Greek resistance fighter, dies at 35
- 02-02Frederik Sigismund Earl of Bylandt: Vice-admiral, dies at 78
- 03-08Johann Anton Sulzer: Composer, dies at 75
- 04-12Jean Henri Appelius: Dutch lawyer / Minister of Finance, dies at 60
- 04-16Francisco Goya y Lucientes: Spanish Painter / cartoonist, dies at 82
- 04-25John Goldberg: Dutch patriot / statesman, dies at 64
- 06-11Dugald Stewart: Scot philosopher (Scottish common sense), dies at 74
- 06-14Charles Augustus: Grand Duke of Saxon-Weimar-Eisenach
- 06-14Charles: Duke of Prussia, dies at 70
- 06-15Brizio Petrucci: Composer, dies at 91
- 07-27Gilbert Charles Stuart: Painter
- 08-22Franz Joseph Gall: German / French Physician (frenology), dies at 70
- 08-27Eise J Eisinga: Constructed planetarium at Franeker, dies at 84
- 09-04Cornelis Stevens: Belgian RC foreman / polemist, dies at 80
- 10-03Josephus Andreas Fodor: Composer, dies at 77
- 12-02Simon Paap: Dutch 56 cm long dwarf / cabaret artist, dies at 39
- 12-22Rachel Jackson: Wife of 7th US President Andrew Jackson
- 12-30Waldemar Thrane: Composer, dies at 38