1828
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| Centuries: | 18th century - 19th century - 20th century |
| Decades: | 1790s 1800s 1810s - 1820s - 1830s 1840s 1850s |
| Years: | 1825 1826 1827 - 1828 - 1829 1830 1831 |
1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar).
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- January 4 - France: The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villèle as Prime Minister of France.
- January 22 - UK: The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- April 11 - Foundation of Bahia Blanca
- May 26 - Feral child: Kaspar Hauser is discovered in Nuremberg, Germany.
- June 23 - Portugal: King Miguel I overthrows his niece Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars.
- August 27 – South America: Brazil and Argentina recognize the independence of Uruguay.
- September 29 - Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829: Varna is taken by the Russian army.
- December 3 - U.S. presidential election: Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.
- Science: Friedrich Wöhler synthesizes Urea, disproving a cornerstone of vitalism.
- Treaty of Turkamanchai: Russia captures Eastern Armenia from Persia.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1828 MDCCCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2581 |
| Armenian calendar | 1277 ԹՎ ՌՄՀԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 4464/4524-11-15 (丁亥年十一月十五日) — to —
4465/4525-11-25(戊子年十一月廿五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1820 – 1821 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5588 – 5589 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1883 – 1884 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1750 – 1751 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4929 – 4930 |
| Iranian calendar | 1206 – 1207 |
| Islamic calendar | 1244 – 1245 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 11 (文政11年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2488 (皇紀2488年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11828 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2371 |
- February 8 - Jules Verne, French author (d. 1905)
- March 18 - William Randal Cremer, English politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1908)
- March 20 - Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906)
- May 8 - Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910)
- May 8 - Sharbel Makhluf, Lebanese monk canonized in 1977 by Pope Paul VI (d. 1898)
- May 12 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)
- July 9 - Luigi Oreglia di Santo Stefano, Italian Catholic churchman (d. 1913)
- August 6 - Andrew Taylor Still, father of osteopathy (d. 1917)
- August 17 - Maria Deraismes, French feminist (d. 1894)
- September 9 (N.S.); August 28 (O.S.) - Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer (d. 1910)
- October 20 - Horatio Spafford, author of the hymn "It is Well with my Soul" (d. 1888)
- October 31 - Joseph Swan, English physicist and chemist (d. 1914)
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- Clinton B. Fisk, American temperance movement leader (d. 1890)
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- January 10 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (b. 1750)
- April 16 - Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
- May 8 - Mauro Giuliani, Italian composer (b. 1781)
- May 16 - William Congreve, British rocket pioneer (b. 1772)
- July 15 - Jean Antoine Houdon, French sculptor (b. 1741)
- November 5 - Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg, Empress of Paul I of Russia (b. 1759)
- November 19 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)
- December 4 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
- December 22 - William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (b. 1766)
- December 22 - Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (b. 1767)
- Charles Manners-Sutton, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1755)
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