List of 1828 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1828
Date | Event |
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January 8, 1828 | The Democratic Party of the United States is organized. |
February 21, 1828 | Initial issue of the Cherokee Phoenix is the first periodical to use the Cherokee syllabary invented by Sequoyah. |
April 20, 1828 | René Caillié becomes the second non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, following Major Gordon Laing. He would also be the first to return alive. |
May 19, 1828 | U.S. President John Quincy Adams signs the Tariff of 1828 into law, protecting wool manufacturers in the United States. |
August 27, 1828 | Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the Treaty of Montevideo |
October 7, 1828 | Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force. |
November 5, 1828 | Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula. |
November 16, 1828 | Greek War of Independence: The London Protocol entails the creation of an autonomous Greek state under Ottoman suzerainty, encompassing the Morea and the Cyclades. |
December 1, 1828 | Argentine general Juan Lavalle makes a coup against governor Manuel Dorrego, beginning the Decembrist revolution. |
December 19, 1828 | Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun sparks the Nullification Crisis when he anonymously publishes the South Carolina Exposition and Protest, protesting the Tariff of 1828. |