Historical Events In 1827

Jan 01   Dutch Trade Company NHM is granted an opium monopoly on Java   

Jan 01   William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Jan 05   Frederick of York, English duke/bishop/general, dies at 63   

Jan 06   John Calvin Brown, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889   

Jan 17   Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander   

Jan 19   Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,).   

Jan 21   Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing.   

Jan 21   Freedom Journal, inaugural Black paper, begins publishing   

Jan 30   Johann Philipp Christian Schulz, composer, dies at 53.   

Feb 01   Alphonse de Rothschild, French banker   

Feb 02   Abner Monroe Perrin, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864.   

Feb 02   Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 07   Ballet (Deserter) introduced to US at Bowery Theater (NYC).   

Feb 07   Franz Anton Dimmler, composer, dies at 73.   

Feb 10   Peter J Savelberg, Dutch Limburgs monastery founder   

Feb 17   Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator, dies at 81.   

Feb 19   Charles Robert Woods, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1855.   

Feb 20   Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1912.   

Feb 22   James Barnet Fry, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1894   

Feb 24   Charles Davis Jameson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862   

Feb 26   David Moritz Michael, composer, dies at 75.   

Feb 27   1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans   

Feb 27   inaugural Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans LA.   

Feb 27   Richard W Johnson, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1897   

Feb 28   1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore and Ohio (B and O) chartered   

Feb 28   inaugural US railroad chartered to carry passengers and freight, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, is incorporated   

Feb 28   The B and O Railroad is incorporated (and forever remembered on Monopoly game boards ).   

Feb 28   The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad became the inaugural railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight.   

Mar 05   Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (made 1st battery), dies at 82   

Mar 07   Henry DeLamar Clayton, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1889.   

Mar 07   Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand   

Mar 09   Franz Xaver Gerl, composer, dies at 62   

Mar 11   Septimus Winner, composer   

Mar 12   John Robert Jones, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901.   

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Jan 01   William lewis "old tige" cabell: Brig general (confederate army)   

Jan 02   Peter semenov of tian shan: Russian explorer    

Jan 06   John calvin brown: Major general (confederate army), died in 1889   

Jan 06   John wesley frazer: Brig general (confederate army), die in 1906   

Jan 07   Sir sandford fleming: Canadian engineer; introduced universal standard time    

Jan 19   Carlos guido y spano: Argentina, conductor (rafagas,)   

Jan 21   Ivan mikheevich pervushin: Russian mathematician    

Jan 23   Takamori saigo: Samurai, leader of satsuma rebellion   

Jan 05   Frederick of york: English duke/bishop/general,    

Jan 30   Johann philipp christian schulz: Composer,    

Feb 02   Johann nepomuk kalcher: Composer,   

Feb 07   Franz anton dimmler: Composer,   

Feb 17   Johann heinrich pestalozzi: Swiss educator,   

Feb 26   David moritz michael: Composer,    

Mar 05   Alessandro volta: Italian physicist (made 1st battery),   

Mar 09   Franz xaver gerl: Composer,