1828

1828 (MDCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1828th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 828th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1820s decade. As of the start of 1828, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1790s  1800s  1810s  – 1820s –  1830s  1840s  1850s
Years:	1825 1826 1827 – 1828 – 1829 1830 1831

January–March

• January 22 – UK: The Duke of Wellington takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Lord Goderich.

April–June

• April 11 – Bahía Blanca is founded.
• April 26 – Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed between Brazil and Denmark, establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

January–June

• February 8 – Jules Verne, French novelist (d. 1905)
• March 20 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906)
• May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)

Deaths

• April 16 – Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
• November 19 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)

1828 Media

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  April 21 to 28: The Battle of Akhaltsikhe is won by Russia over the Ottomans.

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  February 22: The Treaty of Turkmenchay is signed as Persia cedes territories to the Russian Empire.

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  Étienne Carjat's photo of Jules Verne in Nantes,[1] from the Société de Géographie, Paris copy of Year 2, Issue 11 of the Paris-Artiste.[2] Woodburytype, 4 13/16 x 3 3/8 ins (12.3 x 8.6 cm)

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  Henry Dunant (1828–1910), Swiss philanthropist and co-founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Nobel Peace Prize laureate 1901

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  "Lev Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana", 1908, the first color photo portrait in Russia.

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  VicenteLópezPortañaelpintorFranciscodeGoya

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  • oilmedium QS:P186,Q296955 painting, After watercolormedium QS:P186,Q22915256 (1825)
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  William Hyde Wollaston