1825

January 3

• Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community. [1]

January 4

• Ferdinand I King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at age 73. [1]

January 5

• Alexandre Dumas pare fights his first duel; his pants fall down. [1]

January 8

• Inventor Eli Whitney dies. [5]

January 19

• Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans. [1]

January 25

• First US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy New York. [1]

February 3

• Dutch North Sea coast floods. [1]

February 5

• Hannah Lord Montague of New York creates first detachable shirt collar. [1]
• Pierre Gaveaux composer, dies at age 64. [1]

February 9

• House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams 6th US President. [1]

February 10

• Paul van Hemert Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at age 68. [1]

February 12

• Creek Indian treaty signed; Tribal chiefs agree to turn over all their land in Georgia to the government and migrate west by Sept 1, 1826. [1]

February 16

• George Gerson composer, dies at age 34. [1]

February 19

• Franz Grillparzer's "König Ottokars Glück" premieres in Vienna. [1]

February 22

• Russia and Britain establish Alaska-Canada boundary. [1]

February 24

• Thomas Bowdler self-appointed Shakespearean censor, dies. [1]

March 2

• First grand opera in US sung in English, New York City, New York. [1]

March 4

• Inauguration of John Quincy Adams as President of the USA. [1] [410.99]

March 24

• Giovanni Domenico Perotti composer, dies at age 64. [1]

March 25

• Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck Dutch patriot/earl, dies at age 63. [1]

April 10

• First hotel in Hawaii opens. [1]
• Nicaraguan constituent assembly meets at León. [1]
• Paul-Louis Courier (Méré), French writer/interpreter, dies at age 53. [1]

April 13

• Josef Gelinek composer, dies at age 66. [1]

April 16

• John Henry Fuseli painter/art writer (Tracks in the Snow), dies at age 84. [1]

April 19

• 33 patriotic exiles return to Uruguay. [1]

May 20

• Charles X becomes King of France. [1]

May 21

• Prince Willem FK marries Louise AWA of Prussia. [1]

May 22

• Domenico Corri composer, dies at age 80. [1]

May 25

• American Unitarian Association founded. [1]

June 4

• Unseasonable hurricane hits New York City. [1]

August 6

• Bolivia gains independence from Peru (National Day). [1] [5]

August 25

• Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day). [1]

September 27

• Railroad transportation is born with first track in England. [1]

October 26

• The Erie Canal opens passage from Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, to Lake Erie. [1] [5] [303.49]

November 22

• Ann Bailey pioneer, dies. [1]

November 26

• First college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York)). [1]

November 29

• First Italian opera, Barber of Seville, produced in US (New York City). [1]

December 1

• Aleksandr I P Romanov czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at age 47. [1]

December 6

• President John Adams suggests establishment of a US observatory. [1]

December 14

• Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins. [1]

December 26

• Erie Canal opens. [1]

December 27

• First public railroad using steam locomotive completed in England. [1]

December 29

• Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini composer, dies. [1]
• Jacques-Louis David French painter (Death of Marat), dies at age 77. [1]

December 30

• Peter Gronland composer, dies at age 64. [1]

1826

January 1

• Baron Van der Capellen resigns as Governor of Dutch-Indies. [1]

January 17

• Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga y Balzola Spanish composer, dies at age 19. [1]

January 30

• The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened. [5]

February 11

• London University founded. [1]

February 13

• American Temperance Society, forms in Boston. [1]

February 25

• Piotr A von der Pahlen military governor of Saint Petersburg, dies at age 60. [1]

February 28

• M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet. [1]

March 1

• J J Friedrich Weinbrenner German architect/archaeologist, dies at age 59. [1]

March 4

• First US railroad chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy Massachusetts. [1]

March 10

• Johan VI M L J King of Portugal (1816-26), dies at age 56. [1]

March 11

• Gervais-François Couperin composer, dies at age 66. [1]

March 14

• General Congress of South American States assembles at Panamá. [1]

March 21

• Beethoven's Quartet #13 in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna. [1]

March 27

• Jakob Haibel composer, dies at age 63. [1]

March 29

• J H Voß writer, dies at age 75. [1]

April 1

• Samuel Morey patents internal combustion engine. [1] [5]

April 3

• Reginald Heber bishop and hymn writer, dies. [1]

April 12

• Weber's opera "Oberon", premieres in London. [1]

April 13

• Franz Danzi composer, dies at age 62. [1]

April 23

• Missolonghi captured by Turks. [1]

May 10

• Giuseppe Sigismondo composer, dies at age 86. [1]

May 22

• The HMS Beagle departs on its first voyage, carrying Charles Darwin. [5]

May 24

• Friedrich Fesca composer, dies at age 37. [1]

May 25

• Christian Friedrich Ruppe composer, dies at age 72. [1]

July 4

• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, second and third US presidents, die. [1] [248.43] [255.43]

July 18

• The last lottery takes place in London, as the British government bans them. [40.12] [187.150]

July 22

• Giuseppe Piazzi discoverer of first asteroid, dies. [1]

August 19

• Canada Company chartered to colonize Upper Canada (Ontario). [1]

September 3

• USS Vincennes leaves New York to become first warship to circumnavigate globe. [1]

October 7

• Granite Railway (first chartered railway in US) begins operations. [1]

December 7

• John Flaxman English sculptor (tombs at Saint Paul's Cathedral), dies at age 71. [1]

December 10

• Benedikt Emanuel Schack composer, dies at age 68. [1]

December 15

• William Browser revolting slave, executed in New York City, New York. [1]

1827

January 1

• Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java. [1]

January 5

• Frederick of York English duke/bishop/General , dies at age 63. [1]

January 17

• Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander. [1]

January 21

• Freedom Journal, first Black paper, begins publishing. [1]

January 30

• Johann Philipp Christian Schulz composer, dies at age 53. [1]

February 2

• Johann Nepomuk Kalcher composer, dies at age 62. [1]

February 7

• Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (New York City, New York). [1]
• Franz Anton Dimmler composer, dies at age 73. [1]

February 17

• Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi Swiss educator, dies at age 81. [1]

February 26

• David Moritz Michael composer, dies at age 75. [1]

February 27

• First Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans Louisiana. [1]

February 28

• The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is the first US railway to be chartered for commercial transportation of freight and passengers. [1] [421.121]

March 5

• Alessandro Volta Italian physicist (made first battery), dies at age 82. [1]

March 9

• Franz Xaver Gerl composer, dies at age 62. [1]

March 15

• Freedom's Journal, first Black newspaper, publishes. [1]
• University of Toronto is chartered. [1]

March 16

• First US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City, New York), begins publishing. [1]

March 26

• Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer ("Appassionata"), dies in Wien (Vienna) at age 56. [1] [5]

March 29

• 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna. [1]

April 2

• Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils. [1]

April 7

• English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches. [1]

April 22

• Thomas Rowlandson caricaturist, dies. [1]

April 23

• Johanna C Wattier-Ziesenis actress (Phaedra/Lady MacBeth), dies at age 65. [1]

April 24

• Pierre Joseph Candielle composer, dies at age 82. [1]

April 26

• Bernardo Ottani composer, dies at age 90. [1]

May 5

• Frederik Augustus I Justified, King of Saxon (1806-27), dies at age 76. [1]

July 4

• Slavery abolished in New York. [1]

July 23

• First US swim school opens (Boston Mass). [1]

August 10

• Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada). [1]

November 28

• Dov Baer Schneersohn Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies. [1]

December 9

• François Leonard Rouwyzer composer, dies at age 90. [1]

December 26

• Jan David Holland composer, dies at age 81. [1]

1828

January 5

• First edition of Amsterdam General Trade Journal (Algemeen Handelsblad). [1]

January 9

• Pieter Hoen Dutch journalist/patriot (Neder-Rhijn), dies at age 83. [1]

January 13

• Alexandre-Auguste Robineau composer, dies at age 80. [1]

January 31

• Alexandros Ypsilanti Greek resistance fighter, dies at age 35. [1]

February 2

• Frederik Sigismund Earl of Bylandt Vice-Admiral, dies at age 78. [1]

February 18

• More than 100 vessels destroyed in a storm, Gibraltar. [1]

February 21

• First American Indian newspaper in US, Cherokee Phoenix (weekly), Georgia. [1]

February 22

• Russia and Persia sign Peace of Turkmantsjai. [1]

February 23

• Mihály Fazekar Hungarian botanist/literary (Book of Spices), dies. [1]

February 25

• John Quincy Adam's son John marries in the White House. [1]

February 28

• Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener" premieres in Vienna. [1]

March 8

• Johann Anton Sulzer composer, dies at age 75. [1]

March 24

• Philadelphia and Columbia Railway (first state owned) authorized. [1]

April 4

• Casparus van Wooden patents chocolate milk powder (Amsterdam). [1]

April 12

• Jean Henri Appelius Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at age 60. [1]

April 14

• 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard. [1]

April 16

• Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes dies in Bordeaux, France at age 82; artist of 700 paintings, 900 drawings, 300 prints. [1] [248.27]

April 21

• Noah Webster publishes first American dictionary. [1]

April 25

• John Goldberg Dutch patriot/statesman, dies at age 64. [1]

April 26

• Russia declares war on Turkey to support Greece's independence. [1]

April 27

• Zoological Gardens at Regent's Park London, opens. [1]

April 30

• Shaka the great Zulu king, killed. [1]

May 13

• US passes Tariff of Abominations. [1]

May 18

• Battle of Las Piedras, ends conflict between Uruguay and Brazil. [1]

June 14

• Charles Duke of Prussia, dies at age 70. [1]

July 4

• Construction begins on Band O (Baltimore-Ohio) first US passenger railroad. [1]

August 1

• The Bolton and Leigh Railway opens to freight traffic in Britain. [5]

October 27

• Benjamin Parks claims a gold discovery in Georgia, USA. [450.52]

November 19

• Franz Schubert Austrian composer, died. [1]

December 2

• Simon Paap Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at age 39. [1]

December 3

• Andrew Jackson elected 7th President of US, John C Calhoun Vice-President. [1]

December 19

• South Carolina declares the right of states to nullify federal laws. [1]

December 28

• 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed. [1]

December 30

• Waldemar Thrane composer, dies at age 38. [1]

1829

January 3

• Robert Archibald Smith composer, dies at age 48. [1]

January 12

• Death of Friedrich von Schlegel in Hannover, Germany; literary critic, cultural philosopher, poet. [1] [37]
• Michael Gottard Fischer composer, dies at age 55. [1]

January 19

• Johann von Goethe's "Faust, Part 1" premieres. [1]

January 25

• William Shield composer, dies at age 80. [1]

January 28

• William Burke murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh. [1]

February 2

• Madman Jonathan Martin sets York Cathedral afire, does £60,000 damage. [1]

February 10

• Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at age 68. [1]

February 16

• François-Joseph Gossec Belgian/French composer (Messe of Morts), dies at age 95. [1]

February 18

• Jan Krtitel Kuchar composer, dies at age 77. [1]

February 22

• Adam A earl von Neipperg Austrian General, dies at age 53. [1]

February 24

• Auguste Chouteau Saint Louis co-founder, dies. [1]

March 2

• New England Asylum for the Blind, first in US, incorporated, Boston. [1]

March 4

• Andrew Jackson swears the oath of office to become 7th President of the USA. [1] [421.24] [432.75]
• Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball. [1]

March 16

• Ohio authorizes high school night classes. [1]

April 6

• Niels H Able Norwegian mathematician (infinite series), dies at age 26. [1]

April 9

• Danzig (Gdansk) dike break flood kills 1,200. [1]

April 13

• English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics. [1]

April 28

• Dutch parliament accepts new press laws. [1]

April 30

• George Washington Adams son of John Q Adams, dies on City Island New York City, New York. [1]

May 8

• Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani composer, dies at age 47. [1]

May 10

• Thomas Young physicist/decipherer of Egyptian hierogolyphics, dies. [1]

May 15

• Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith. [1]

May 16

• William Congreve English officer, dies at age 56. [1]

May 18

• Bernardo Bittoni composer, dies at age 72. [1]

May 24

• Pope Pius VIII issues his program for the pontificate. [1]

May 29

• Humphry Davy scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at age 84. [1]

June 27

• James Smithson dies, his will established Smithsonian Institute. [1]

July 23

• William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter). [1]

August 9

• "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service. [1]

August 16

• Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited. [1]

August 31

• The opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris). [1]

September 24

• Russia and Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople. [1]

September 28

• Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston. [1]

September 29

• London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty. [1]
• Scotland Yard formed in London. [1]

October 16

• Tremont Hotel, first US modern hotel opens (Boston). [1]

October 17

• Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay Canal formally opened. [1]

November 13

• Sam Patch loses his life in a 125' dive into Genesse Falls. [1]

November 20

• Jews are expelled from Russia's Nikolayev and Sevastopol. [1]

December 4

• Britain abolished "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre. [1]

December 7

• Johann Christoph Kienlen composer, dies at age 45. [1]

December 14

• Luigi Marchesi composer, dies at age 74. [1]

December 17

• Bernard Jumentier composer, dies at age 80. [1]

December 18

• Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck French nature investigator, dies at about age 85. [1]

December 21

• First stone arch railroad bridge in US dedicated, Baltimore. [1]