1827

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Years:
1824 1825 1826 - 1827 - 1828 1829 1830

Decades:
1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s

Centuries:
18th century - 19th century - 20th century

1827 in topic:
Arts
Architecture - Art - Literature - Music
Other topics
Canada - Rail transport - Science - South Africa - Sport

Lists of leaders:
Colonial governors - State leaders

From Categories:
births - deaths

1827 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).

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Events

February 20 - Battle of Huzaingo
February 28 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
March 1 St David's College, now the University of Wales, Lampeter opens its doors to its first students.
March 7 – Ellen Turner is abducted – The Shrigley Abduction case begins
March 15 - The University of Toronto is chartered
April – Husain Dei of Algeria slaps the French consul Decalina on the face – France ends up declaring war
April 10 - George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister
May 14 – Culprits of the Shrigley Abduction are sentenced for three years each
May 21 - Launch of the Standard newspaper of London, which later became the Evening Standard.
June - Nicéphore Niépce makes a true photograph.
July 6 - Treaty of London between France, Britain, and Russia, to demand that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece.
July 14 - The first Roman Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Hawaiian Islands by Fathers Abraham Armand and Alexis Bachelot of France and Patrick Short of the United Kingdom, members of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. It would be the foundation of the present-day Diocese of Honolulu.
August 31 - Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the U.K. following the death of Canning
October 20 - Battle of Navarino. British, French, and Russian Naval Forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece.
September 21 - Joseph Smith, Jr. claims that the angel Moroni gave him a record of gold plates, one-third of which is translated into The Book of Mormon

King Anouvong of Vientiane declares war on Siam and successfully attacks Nakhon Ratchasima, the Siamese later invaded Vientiane and nearly destroyed the whole city.
Fire in Turku
Englishman John Walker invents Lucifer matches