In history, year 1828 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1828.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 21 february | The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the firstnewspaper in a Native American language, was published. |
| 14 april | Lexicographer Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary of American English. |
| 20 april | French explorer René Caillié became the first confirmed non-Muslim to enter Timbuktu, for which he later received a 10,000-franc prize from the Société de géographie. |
| 26 may | Kaspar Hauser, a foundling with suspected ties to the RoyalHouse of Baden, first appeared in the streets of Nuremberg, Germany. |
| 11 august | William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England, for themurder of Maria Marten at the Red Barn. |
| 01 december | Juan Lavalle, returning to Buenos Aires with troopsthat fought in the Cisplatine War, deposed the provincial governor Manuel Dorrego, reigniting the Argentine Civil Wars. |
| 19 december | Nullification Crisis-Vice President of the United States John C. Calhoun wrote the South Carolina Exposition and Protest to protest the Tariff of 1828. |
| 19 November | Rani of Jhansi kingdom ruled Maratha and Rani Lakshmibai, the first Indian freedom fighter of 1857, was born. |
| 20 August | The first session of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's Brahmo Samaj was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
| 03 December | Andrew Jackson was elected the seventh President of America. |
| 04 January | Jean Baptiste Gae was elected as Prime Minister of France in place of Comte de Villele. |
| 19 February | The Boston Society for Medical Reform was established in the United States. |
| 24 March | Philadelphia, and the first state owned by the Columbia Railway). |
| 26 April | The Commerce and Navigation Treaty was signed between Brazil and Denmark, thereby establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. |
| 26 May | The wild child Kasper Hauser is believed to have been discovered in Nuremberg, Germany. |
| 03 June | In the Gran Colombia-Peru War, President Simon Bolivar declared war on Peru. |
| 04 July | Lord William Bentinck Calcutta now Kolkata) came to India in place of King George IV of the United Kingdom to begin his administration as the new Governor-General. |
| 11 August | A year earlier, William Cedar was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England for the murder of Maria Marten in the Red Barn. |
| 17 September | About 10,000 people were killed by the terrible storm in Kyushu, Japan. |
| 25 October | St Catherine's Docks opened in London. |
| 12 November | Ainowang, the ruler of the Vientiane kingdom, was named and the state was annexed by Siam. During the war, the city of Vientiane was destroyed by Siamese forces. |
| 03 December | Andrew Jackson was elected as the 7th President of the United States. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 May | Désiré Charnay / Archaeologist / France |
| 02 October | Charles Floquet / Politician / France |
| 02 August | Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque / General / Spain |
| 04 March | Owen Wynne Jones / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 08 September | Clarence Cook / Author / United States of America |
| 08 May | Charbel Makhluf / Monk / Lebanon |
| 08 May | Henry Dunant / Activist / Switzerland |
| 10 October | Samuel J. Randall / Politician / United States of America |
| 12 February | George Meredith / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 12 May | Dante Gabriel Rossetti / Poet / United Kingdom |
| 15 April | Jean Danjou / Captain / France |
| 17 January | Lewis A. Grant / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 18 March | Randal Cremer / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 19 September | Fridolin Anderwert / Politician / Switzerland |
| 20 March | Henrik Ibsen / Poet / Norway |
| 21 June | Ferdinand André Fouqué / Academic / France |
| 22 May | Albrecht von Graefe / Academic / Germany |
| 26 November | René Goblet / Politician / France |
| 28 March | Melchior Anderegg / Mountain Guide / Switzerland |
| 29 February | Emmeline B. Wells / Poet / United States of America |