Events 1827

·         Dutch Trade Company NHM gets opium monopoly on Java

·         Duke of Wellington appointed British supreme commander

·         Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing

·         Ballet (Deserter) introduced to U.S. at Bowery Theater (New York City)

·         1st Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans

·         1st commercial railroad in U.S., Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) chartered

·         Freedom's Journal, 1st Black newspaper, publishes

·         University of Toronto is chartered

·         1st U.S. black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York City), begins publishing

·         20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna

·         Joseph Dixon begins manufacturing lead pencils

·         English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches

·         Turks capture Acropolis and takes Athens during Greek War of Independence