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Template:C19YearInTopicX Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1827
January - March
- February 20 - South America: Battle of Ituzaingo or Passo do Rosário - A force of the Brazilian Imperial Army meets in combat Argentinean-Uruguayan troops.
- February 28 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
- March 4 - The Sigma Phi Society is founded on the campus of Union College in Schenectady, New York.
- March 7 - Brazilian marines sail up the Rio Negro (Argentina) and attack the temporary naval base of Carmen de Patagones, Argentina. They are defeated by the local citizens.
- March 7 - Shrigley Abduction: Ellen Turner, a wealthy heiress in Cheshire, England is abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, the future politician in colonial New Zealand.
- March 16 - Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.
April - June
- April - Ottoman Algeria: Husain Dei slaps the French consul Decalina on the face, eventually leading to war and French rule in Algeria.
- April 7-8 - Battle of Monte Santiago: Naval engagement between a squadron of the Brazilian Imperial Navy and Argentinean vessels. Major Brazilian victory.
- April 10 - UK: George Canning succeeds Lord Liverpool as British Prime Minister.
- April 24 - Battle of Phaleron during Greek War of Independence
- May 21 - The Maryland Democratic Party is founded by supporters of Andrew Jackson in Baltimore and hosts its first meeting at the Baltimore Atheneum.
July - September
- July 6 - Greek War of Independence: Treaty of London between France, Britain, and Russia, to demand that the Turks agree to an armistice in Greece.
- July 14 - Kingdom of Hawaii: Diocese of Honolulu founded.
- August 31 - UK: Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich becomes Prime Minister of the UK following the death of George Canning.
- September 22 - Joseph Smith Jr. obtains the Book of Mormon, for him to translate.
October - December
- October 1 - Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under Ivan Paskevich storm Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Eastern Armenia.
- October 20 - Greek War of Independence: Battle of Navarino. British, French, and Russian Naval Forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece.
Undated
- Laos: King Anouvong of Vientiane declares war on Siam and successfully attacks Nakhon Ratchasima, the Siamese later invaded Vientiane and nearly destroyed the whole city.
- Finland: Great Fire of Turku.
- Englishman John Walker invents Lucifer matches.
- Egypt: Establishment of Cairo University School of Medicine as the first African School of medicine and in middle east.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1827 MDCCCXXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2580 |
| Armenian calendar | 1276 ԹՎ ՌՄՀԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6577 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1748–1749 |
| Bengali calendar | 1233–1234 |
| Berber calendar | 2777 |
| British Regnal year | 7 Geo. 4 – 8 Geo. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2371 |
| Burmese calendar | 1189 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7335–7336 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4524 or 4317 — to — 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4525 or 4318 |
| Coptic calendar | 1543–1544 |
| Discordian calendar | 2993 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1819–1820 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5587–5588 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1883–1884 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1748–1749 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4927–4928 |
| Holocene calendar | 11827 |
| Igbo calendar | 827–828 |
| Iranian calendar | 1205–1206 |
| Islamic calendar | 1242–1243 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunsei 10 (文政１０年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1754–1755 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 12 days |
| Korean calendar | 4160 |
| Minguo calendar | 85 before ROC 民前85年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 359 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2369–2370 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1953 or 1572 or 800 — to — 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1954 or 1573 or 801 |
January - June
- March 8 - Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist (d. 1875)
- April 5 - Joseph Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
- April 8 - Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican politician, medical doctor and diplomat (d. 1898)
- May 11 - Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
- May 19 - Paul-Armand Challemel-Lacour, French statesman (d. 1896)
- May 27 - Samuel F. Miller, American politician (d. 1892)
- June 12 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss author (d. 1901)
July - December
- July 13 - Hugh O'Brien, Mayor of Boston (d. 1895)
- July 17 - Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, British chemist (d. 1902)
- September 30 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
- November 26 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
Unknown dates
- George M. Harding, architect (d. ?)
- See also Category: 1827 births.
Deaths
January - June
- February 19 - Armand Augustin Louis de Caulaincourt, French general and diplomat (b. 1773)
- March 5 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- March 5 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
- March 26 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (b. 1770)
- May 27 - Melesina Trench, Irish born writer and socialite (b. 1768)
- April 29-Deborah Sampson, First American Female soldier (b.1760)
July - December
- August 8 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
- August 12 - William Blake, English poet and artist (b. 1757)
Unknown dates
- Muttusvami Dikshitar, Indian composer
- José Fernando de Abascal, Spanish viceroy of Peru
- See also Category: 1827 deaths.