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1827
 
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Britain, France and Russia, supporting Greek independence, defeat the Turkish and Egyptian fleets at Navarino      
1827
 
    
German physicist Georg Simon Ohm formulates his law about the proportionality of current flowing in an electric conductor       
1827
 
    
With Kaaterskill Falls 26-year-old Thomas Cole pioneers a heroic tradition in US landscape painting       
1827
 
    
London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith       
Hammersmith Bridge, 1828
Guildhall Library
1827
 
    
English artist Samuel Palmer moves to Shoreham, in Kent, for the most inspired years of his career       
Palmer Coming from Evening Church (detail)
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1828
 
   
The Duke of Wellington becomes British prime minister, heading the Tory government at a time when reform is urgently needed      
1828
 
    
Dom Miguel swears allegiance to his brother, the Portuguese king Pedro IV, and becomes regent       
1828
 
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Shaka is murdered by his half-brother Dingaan, who becomes leader of the Zulu in his place        
1828
 
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Dom Miguel betrays his allegiance to his brother Pedro IV and usurps the Portuguese throne in a bloodless coup       
1828
 
    
After little more than two years of quarrelsome existence, Robert Owen's community at New Harmony comes to an end