1827
Samuel F
Samuel Franklin Miller was a United States representative from New York during the latter half of the American Civil War.
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The 1820s
Explore 329 historical events from 1820–1829.
1827
Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903)
Kusumoto Ine was a Japanese physician. She was the first female doctor of Western medicine in Japan.
Kusumoto Ine, first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (died 1903)
1827
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
Johanna Spyri was a Swiss author of novels, notably children's stories. She wrote the popular book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zürich, as a child she spent…
Johanna Spyri, Swiss author, best known for Heidi (died 1901)
1827
Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
Alberto Henschel was a German-born Brazilian photographer born in Berlin. Considered the hardest-working photographer and businessman in 19th-century Brazil, with offices in Pernam…
Alberto Henschel, German-Brazilian photographer and businessman (died 1882)
1827
W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (died 1899)
William Wallace Thayer, was an American Democratic politician active in U.S. states of Idaho and Oregon. Most notably, he served as the sixth governor of Oregon from 1878 to 1882 a…
W. W. Thayer American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Oregon (died 1899)
1827
Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (died 1857)
Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key role in the events that led to the Indian Rebellion of 1857, which resulted in the dissolution of the East India Company and th…
Mangal Pandey, Indian soldier (died 1857)
1827
Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (died 1892)
Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca was a Brazilian politician and military officer who served as the head of provisional government and the first president of Brazil. He was born in Alagoas…
Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (died 1892)
1827
Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (died 1870)
Lovro Toman was a Slovene Romantic nationalist revolutionary activist during the Revolution of 1848, known as the person who in Ljubljana, at the Wolf Street 8, raised the Slovene …
Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (died 1870)
1827
Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
Ezra Butler Eddy was a Canadian businessman and political figure. Born in Vermont, Eddy moved to Canada, where he founded the E. B. Eddy Company, which produced matches and related…
Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman and politician (died 1906)
1827
Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (died 1897)
Sir Charles Lilley was a Premier and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Queensland. He had a significant influence on the form and spirit of state education in colonial Queensla…
Charles Lilley, English-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Queensland (died 1897)
1827
Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (died 1894)
Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, was the third of five daughters of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia and Princess Charlotte of Württemberg. She was also the wif…
Catherine Mikhailovna, Russian grand duchess (died 1894)
1827
Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (born 1780)
Georgios Karaiskakis, born Georgios Karaiskos, was a Greek military commander and a leader of the Greek War of Independence.
Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (born 1780)
1827
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (born 1750)
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony was a member of the House of Wettin who reigned as the last Elector of Saxony from 1763 to 1806 and as the first King of Saxony from 1806 to 1827. He…
Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (born 1750)
1827
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (born 1754)
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn was a German Protestant theologian of the Enlightenment and an early orientalist. He was a member of the Göttingen school of history.
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (born 1754)
1827
George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
George Canning was a British statesman and Tory politician. He became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 12 April 1827, but his premiership was cut short by his death 119 days…
George Canning, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770)
1827
Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer, reviver of wave theory of light, inventor of catadioptric…
Augustin-Jean Fresnel was a French civil engineer and physicist whose research in optics led to the almost unanimous acceptance of the wave theory of light, fully supplanting Newto…
Augustin-Jean Fresnel, French physicist and engineer, reviver of wave theory of light, inventor of catadioptric…
1827
William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757)
William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of th…
William Blake, English poet and painter (born 1757)
1826
200 years ago
The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop
Centaurus A is a galaxy in the constellation of Centaurus. It was discovered in 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia.…
The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop
1826
200 years ago
HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7,803, was launched on 11 May 1…
HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage
1826
200 years ago
In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disband
The Auspicious Incident or Auspicious Event was the forced disbandment of the centuries-old janissary corps by Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II on 15 June 1826. Most of the 135,000 janissa…
In the Auspicious Incident, the Janissary mutiny against Sultan Mahmud II is defeated and the Janissary corps is disband
1826
200 years ago
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas
The Maniots or Maniates is the traditional name for the native Greek inhabitants of the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese region of Greece. They have historically been kno…
Maniots defeat Egyptians under Ibrahim Pasha in the Battle of Vergas
1826
200 years ago
Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
Major Alexander Gordon Laing was a Scottish explorer and the first European to reach Timbuktu, arriving there via the north-to-south route in August 1826. He was killed five weeks …
Major Gordon Laing becomes the first European to enter Timbuktu.
1826
200 years ago
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891)
Sir James Porter Corry, 1st Baronet was an Irish politician. He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) from 1874 to 1891 and an Irish Unionist Alliance MP until his dea…
Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (died 1891)
1826
200 years ago
Dinah Craik, English author and poet (died 1887)
Dinah Maria Craik was an English novelist and poet. She wrote the novel, John Halifax, Gentleman, which presents the mid-Victorian ideals of English middle-class life.
Dinah Craik, English author and poet (died 1887)