1827

Events of 1827

February 20 - South America: Battle of Ituzaingo or Passo do Rosário - A force of the Brazilian Imperial Army meets Argentinean-Uruguayan troops in combat.
February 28 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
March 7 - Brazilian marines sail up the Rio Negro and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens.
March 7 - Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England, is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the future politician in colonial New Zealand.
March 16 - Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.
March 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven dies at the age of 56.
April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul Decalina on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria.
April 7-8 - Battle of Monte Santiago: Naval engagement between a squadron of the Brazilian Imperial Navy and Argentinean vessels. Major Brazilian victory.
April 10 - UK: George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister.
April 24 - Greek War of Independence: The Battle of Phaleron is fought.
May 21 - The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.

Laos: King Anouvong of Vientiane declares war on Siam and successfully attacks Nakhon Ratchasima (the Siamese later invade Vientiane and nearly destroy the whole city).
Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match which he names Lucifer.
Egypt: Cairo University School of Medicine is established as the first African medical school in the Middle East.

March 8 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
April 5 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
April 8 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
May 11 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
May 19 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
May 21 - William P. Sprague, American politician from Ohio (d. 1899)
May 27 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
June 12 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
July 13 - Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d. 1895)
July 17 - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d. 1902)
September 30 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
November 10 - J.T. Wamelink, American composer (d. 1910)
November 26 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
3 December- Jain Acharya Rajendrasuri, religious reformer (d. 1906)