In the elections of 1828 the new party proved unexpectedly strong, and after this year it became the main opposition party in New York.

Although they were used only for instructional purposes, in 1828 Jedlik demonstrated the first device to contain the three main components of practical direct current motors: the stator, rotor and commutator.

The main family line had seats at Mitford Castle, Mitford Old Manor House and from 1828 the then-newly-built Mitford Hall.

The main source of traffic was from the pits at Moira, which steadily expanded, particularly in the 1820s, enabling the loans to be paid off between 1820 and 1827, and the first dividend to be paid in 1828.

In the past, the language borders were wider since also in Trieste and Muggia particular variants of Friulan were spoken — the main document about the dialect of Trieste, or tergestino, is " Dialoghi piacevoli in dialetto vernacolo triestino ", published by G. Mainati in 1828.

* Warehouses at St Katharine Docks ( main docks scheme designed by Thomas Telford ), 1827 – 1828

The Tariff of 1828 was largely the work of Martin Van Buren ( although Silas Wright Jr. of New York prepared the main provisions ) and was partly a political ploy to elect Andrew Jackson president.

His main works were A General Synopsis of Birds ( 1781 – 1801 ) and General History of Birds ( 1821 – 1828 ).

He studied medicine at the local University of Dorpat, and spent his main career there as well: extraordinary professor of anatomy ( 1819 ), director of the zoological cabinet ( 1822 ), and professor of anatomy ( 1828 ).

In June 1828, the main Russian forces, led by Emperor Nicholas I, crossed the Danube and advanced into Dobruja.

In 1828, the river was designated as a main waterway for the Cherokees

Jonathan Hutchinson, English surgeon and pathologist ( 1828 – 1913 ), and many others, thought this was the main reason why it should be excised.

Immediately following the destruction of the elite Janissary, Mahmud II ordered the court chronicler, Mehmet Esad Efendi ( circa 1789-1848 ), to record the official version of events, Üss-i Zafer ( Foundation of Victory ), which was printed in Constantinople in 1828 and served as the main source for every other Ottoman account of this period.

He designed the main curtain of the Royal Theatre ( Det kongelige teater ) with a view of the Acropolis in 1828, which still hangs to this day.

Until the opening of today's main cemetery in 1828 the Peterskirchhof ( which was extended several times in the years between ) remained the most important cemetery in the town.

In 1828 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Paul Moody substituted leather belting for metal gearing transferring power from the main shaft running from a water wheel.

They had two children, Lady Emily Elizabeth Bulwer-Lytton ( 1828 – 1848 ), and ( Edward ) Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton ( 1831 – 1891 ) who became Governor-General and Viceroy of British India ( 1876 – 1880 ).

In 1828 Upper Canadian Methodists were permitted by the General Conference in the United States to form an independent Canadian Conference and, in 1833, the Canadian Conference merged with the British Wesleyans to form the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Canada.

The troy ounce in use today is essentially the same as the British Imperial troy ounce ( 1824-1971 ), adopted as an official weight standard for coinage by Act of Congress on May 19, 1828.

Vickers was a famous name in British engineering that existed through many companies from 1828 until 1999.

In the 1820s, the British government was formally headed by King George IV, but in practice, was led by his Prime Ministers Lord Liverpool ( 1812 – 1827 ), George Canning ( 1827 ), Lord Goderich ( 1827 – 1828 ), and Duke of Wellington ( 1828 – 1830 ).

* May 20 – William Congreve, British rocket pioneer ( d. 1828 )

On 10 December 1823, she found the first complete Plesiosaurus, and in 1828 the first British example of the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs, called a flying dragon when it was displayed at the British Museum, followed by a Squaloraja fish skeleton in 1829.

Then, his son and successor Radama I ( reigning 1810 – 1828 ) opened his country to European influence exerted mainly by the British.

The 1828 tariff was part of a series of tariffs that began after the War of 1812 and the Napoleonic Wars, when the blockade of Europe led British manufacturers to offer goods in America at low prices that American manufacturers often could not match.

The Spectator is a weekly British conservative magazine first published on 6 July 1828.

In 1828 Sir David Wilkie wrote from Madrid that he felt himself in the presence of a new power in art as he looked at the works of Velázquez, and at the same time found a wonderful affinity between this artist and the British school of portrait painters, especially Henry Raeburn.

In 1828 the British authorities passed legislation guaranteeing equal treatment under the law for all, regardless of race.

The island was the last British outpost on American soil following the Treaty of Ghent, finally returned to American hands in 1828.

British admiral Codrington ( centre ) negotiating with Muhammad Ali Pasha in the latter's palace in Alexandria, Egypt ( 1828 ).

But any chance of a negotiated settlement disappeared with Russia's long-expected declaration of war on the Porte in April 1828, starting the 11th Russo-Turkish War ( 1828 – 1829 ) and signalling the ultimate failure of British diplomacy.

Sir Joseph Wilson Swan ( 31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914 ) was a British physicist and chemist born in Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, in 1828.

By the time Sabine became interested in the problem, it had already been solved, and in 1828 the British government abolished the Board of Longitude.

* Samuel Heywood ( chief justice ) ( 1753 – 1828 ), British lawyer

In 1828 following his victory in the election in County Clare, Daniel O ' Connell refused to take the Oath of Allegiance to the British Crown, following the granting of Catholic emancipation in 1829 and the dilution of the tones of religious supremacy, O ' Connell took his seat in 1830 the first Irish Catholic to do so in the modern era.

Lady Caroline Lamb ( 13 November 1785 – 26 January 1828 ) was a British aristocrat and novelist, best known for her affair with Lord Byron in 1812.

Marshall Bengal, The British Bridgehead: Eastern India 1740 – 1828 ( Cambridge ) 1988

In 1828, Shaka was assassinated by his half brother Dingane, who lacked the military genius and leadership skills of Shaka.

* 1828 – Alexander Ypsilantis, Phanariot Greek military commander and national hero of the Greek War of Independence ( b. 1792 )

In 1828 he returned to the Russian Empire and settled in Saint Petersburg, where he was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences, Also he becomes the professor of the Main military engineering School of the Russian empire.

* Alexander W. Campbell ( 1828 – 1893 ), military officer in the Confederate States Army

After going through the usual course of study for the military profession, he entered the army as an engineer officer in 1824, and served in the Morea ( Peloponnesus ) in 1828, becoming captain in the following year.

The governorship of Ioannis Kapodistrias ( 1828 – 1831 ) saw a drastic reorganization of the national military: a Secretariat on Army and Naval Affairs and the Hellenic Army Academy were created, the Army engineering corps was founded ( 28 July 1829 ), and a concerted effort was made to reform the various irregular forces into regular light infantry battalions.

* Benjamin Lee ( general ) ( 1774 – 1828 ), American military leader and political figure

In 1828 — 1829, Matyushkin took part in the Russo-Turkish war, commanding different military vessels.

Riley was honored for ten years of faithful service by being promoted to brevet major on August 6, 1828, leading the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail in 1829.

Doyle was born near Tadcaster, Yorkshire, to a military family which produced several distinguished officers, including his father, Major-General Sir Francis Hastings Doyle, 1st Baronet, who was created a baronet in 1828.

* Ali Pasha of Gucia ( 1828 – 1888 ), Albanian military leader

In the 19th century in imitation of the Turkish military bands which replaced the Mehterhane formations of Janissary Turks beginning in 1828.

David Sloane Stanley ( June 1, 1828 – March 13, 1902 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Franklin.

By 1824, sovereigns in his line had conquered nearly all of Madagascar, particularly through the military strategy and ambitious political policies of Andrianampoinimerina ( circa 1785 – 1810 ) and his son Radama I ( 1792 – 1828 ).

Ghica was removed from his position by the new Russo-Turkish War and the Russian occupation of May 16, 1828 ; subsequently, the peace of Adrianople placed the whole of the Danubian Principalities ' territory under military governorate ( still under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire ), pending the payement of war reparations by the Ottomans.

Nevertheless, Qing China managed to mobilize " all forces of Empire, that were put into motion " and by September, 1827, collected in Aksu an army of 70, 000, under command of military governor of Ili Chang Ling, that in January, 1828, moved against Jahangir Khoja.

After the invasion of Bolivia in 1828, he was named a mariscal, a highly-esteemed military officer.

* John Azor Kellogg ( 1828 – 1883 ), American military leader and politician from Wisconsin