1828

1828 was 43 years before the founding of the City of Birmingham and nine years after Alabama became a state.

Events

• The Alabama Legislature continued to hold sessions at the Indian Queen Hotel in Tuscaloosa.
• William Bolling became Mayor of Tuscaloosa.

Individuals

Births

• February 20: John Camp, Texas state senator
• April 11: Mary Ware, poet

Awards

• John D. Phelan graduated from the University of Tennessee in Nashville.

Deaths

• July 1: Andrew Jackson's adopted son, Lyncoya Jackson, died in Nashville, Tennessee.

Context

In 1828, President of Gran Colombia Simón Bolívar declared war on Peru. King Miguel I of Portugal overthrew his niece Queen Maria II, beginning the Liberal Wars. Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States

Notable births in 1828 included author Jules Verne, Red Cross founder Henry Dunant, father of osteopathy Andrew Taylor Still, author Leo Tolstoy, and physicist Joseph Swan. Notable deaths included painter Francisco Goya, Zulu leader Shaka, and composer Franz Schubert.

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