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German physicist Georg Simon Ohm formulates his law about the proportionality of current flowing in an electric conductor
William Cobbett leases the Home Farm of the Barn Elms estate
With Kaaterskill Falls 26-year-old Thomas Cole pioneers a heroic tradition in US landscape painting
London's first suspension bridge opens at Hammersmith
William Cobbett engages in experimental farming methods on the Barn Elms farm, and the publicity generated by his activities causes it to become known as Cobbett’s Farm
English artist Samuel Palmer moves to Shoreham, in Kent, for the most inspired years of his career
The Duke of Wellington becomes British prime minister, heading the Tory government at a time when reform is urgently needed
Dom Miguel swears allegiance to his brother, the Portuguese king Pedro IV, and becomes regent
Shaka is murdered by his half-brother Dingaan, who becomes leader of the Zulu in his place
The new Kingston Bridge is opened by the Duchess of Clarence on 17 July 1828 and the new approach road is named Clarence Street in her honour
Dom Miguel betrays his allegiance to his brother Pedro IV and usurps the Portuguese throne in a bloodless coup
After little more than two years of quarrelsome existence, Robert Owen's community at New Harmony comes to an end
Conservative 'bigwigs' and liberal 'novices' emerge as Chile's two main political parties
Connecticut lexicographer Noah Webster publishes the definitive 2-volume scholarly edition of his American Dictionary of the English Language
Irish nationalist Daniel O'Connell wins a sensational by-election victory to join the Westminster parliament
The independence of Uruguay is agreed in the Treaty of Montevideo between Brazil and Argentina
The Cherokees adopt an American-style constitution and publish the first American-Indian newspaper
Adult white males now have the vote in almost all the states of the USA
Andrew Jackson, elected president of the USA, introduces the era known as Jacksonian democracy
William Burke and William Hare murder 16 victims and sell their bodies to the Edinburgh Medical School for anatomical study
After a century of neglect, the 20-year-old Felix Mendelssohn conducts an influential revival in Berlin of J.S. Bach's St Matthew Passion
James Stirling explores up the Swan River in western Australia to find a site for the settlement which he names Perth
The Metropolitan Police, set up in London by Robert Peel, become known as 'bobbies' from his first name
20-year-old Edgar Allan Poe publishes Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems
The Emancipation Act, enabling Daniel O'Connell to take his seat at Westminster, at last removes the restrictions on Catholics in UK public life
