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=== January–March ===
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* January 22 – [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] succeeds [[F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich|Lord Goderich]] as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]].
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* February 22 – [[Treaty of Turkmenchay]]: By this Russian-Persian peace treaty signed on February 10 at [[Torkamanchay]], Persia (Iran), the latter country is forced irrevocably to cede the territories of the [[Erivan Khanate]] (most of present-day central [[Armenia]] and the northern [[Iğdır Province]] of Turkey), the [[Nakhichevan Khanate]] (most of the modern-day [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]] of [[Azerbaijan]]), the remainder of the [[Talysh Khanate]] (southeastern Azerbaijan), and the [[Ordubad District|Ordubad]] and Mughan regions (also part of modern-day Azerbaijan) to Imperial Russia. By this and the [[Treaty of Gulistan]] (1813) it has now lost all its territories north of the [[Aras (river)|Aras]] River, comprising modern-day [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Dagestan]], Azerbaijan and Armenia to Russia. [[Armenians]] from [[Azerbaijan (Iran)|Persian Azerbaijan]] are to be resettled in the [[Caucasus]].
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* March 18 – [[Simón Bolívar]], [[President of Colombia]] (and former President of [[Venezuela]], [[Peru]] and [[Bolivia]]), departs from the capital at [[Bogotá]], in order to help his ally, General [[José Antonio Páez]], suppress an uprising near the Venezuelan border, but is sidetracked by another rebellion in [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]].<ref>John Lynch, ''Simón Bolívar: A Life'' (Yale University Press, 2007) p233</ref>
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* May 26 – Supposed [[feral child]] [[Kaspar Hauser]] is discovered in [[Nuremberg]], Germany.
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* June 23 – King [[Miguel I of Portugal]] overthrows his niece Queen [[Maria II of Portugal|Maria II]], beginning the [[Liberal Wars]].
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* July 4 – [[Lord William Bentinck]] arrives at [[Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) to begin his administration as the new [[Governor-General of India]], on behalf of King [[George IV of the United Kingdom]].<ref>John Clark Marshman, ''History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government'' (William Blackwood and Sons, 1876)  p357; reprinted by Cambridge University Press, 2010)</ref>
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* July 5 – The British weekly magazine, [[The Spectator]] is founded by [[Robert Stephen Rintoul]].
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* August 27 – South America: Brazil and [[Argentina]] recognize the [[History of Uruguay#Struggle for independence|independence of Uruguay]].  [[Simón Bolívar]] declares himself dictator of Gran Colombia.
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* September 25 – Failed assassination attempt on Simon Bolívar.
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* September 29 – [[Russo-Turkish War (1828–29)]]: [[Siege of Varna|Varna is taken]] by the Russian army.
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* November 11 – [[Greek War of Independence]]: the [[London Protocol (1828)|London Protocol]] entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the [[Morea]] and the [[Cyclades]].
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* November 12 – [[Anouvong]], ruler of the [[Kingdom of Vientiane]], is deposed and the kingdom is annexed by Siam.  During the war, the city of Vientiane is obliterated by Siamese forces.
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* December 1 – [[Decembrist revolution (Argentina)]]: [[Juan Lavalle]], returning to [[Buenos Aires]] with troops that fought in the [[Cisplatine War]], deposes the provincial governor [[Manuel Dorrego]], reigniting the [[Argentine Civil Wars]].
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* December 3 – [[1828 United States presidential election]]: [[Andrew Jackson]] is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent John Quincy Adams in a landslide.
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* The Bank of Australasia, as predecessor of [[Australia and New Zealand Banking Group]] (ANZ Group) was founded in [[Tasmania]], Australia.
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Latest revision as of 21:44, 3 March 2021

1818 < 1819 < 1820 < 1821 < 1822 < 1823 < 1824 <1825 < 1826 < 1827 < 1828 > 1829 > 1830 > 1831 > 1832 > 1833 > 1834 > 1835 > 1836 > 1837 > 1838
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Andrew Jackson is elected president. He later shuts down the Second Bank of the U.S., the country’s national bank.

Events

January–March


Date unknown


 

Event

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915

 

New Groups

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A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummary
Leo Tolstoy9 September 1828Russia/Tsarist Russia20 November 1910Author
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References

  1. ↑ John Lynch, Simón Bolívar: A Life (Yale University Press, 2007) p233
  2. ↑ John Clark Marshman, History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government (William Blackwood and Sons, 1876) p357; reprinted by Cambridge University Press, 2010)
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