1828

Events 
 January–March 
 January 22 – UK: The Duke of Wellington takes over as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from Lord Goderich.

 April–June 
 April 11 – Bahía Blanca is founded.
 April 26 – Treaty of Commerce and Navigation was signed between Brazil and Denmark, establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.

 Births 
 January–June 
 February 8 – Jules Verne, French novelist (d. 1905)
 March 20 – Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian playwright (d. 1906)
 May 12 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, English poet and painter (d. 1882)

 Deaths 
 April 16 – Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
 November 19 – Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (b. 1797)

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