1827

Events in 1827 6

• 1757 – 1827 William Blake Romanticism · England William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter and printmaker whose visionary, spiritually intense work was largely unrecognised in his lifetime but is now considered foundational to Romanticism.
• 1770 – 1827 Ludwig van Beethoven Classical & Romantic titan German composer whose 9 symphonies, 32 piano sonatas and string quartets bridged the Classical and Romantic eras. He composed his greatest works while profoundly deaf.
• 1827 First railway in France Saint-Étienne–Andrézieux France's first railway, horse-drawn and built to move coal from the Loire basin to the river. Steam locomotives arrived on the line in 1832 and passengers in 1835.
• 1827 – 1901 Johanna Spyri (1827-1901) Died 7 July 1901, aged 74 Spyri was a Swiss author best known for the children's novel Heidi, published in 1880-81, which became one of the best-selling books ever written. She died in Zurich on 7 July 1901. Her work remains a staple of children's literature worldwide.
• 1827 – 1857 Mangal Pandey (1827-1857) Executed 8 April 1857, aged 29 Pandey was a sepoy in the British East India Company's army whose attack on his officers at Barrackpore in March 1857 is often cited as the spark that ignited the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was court-martialed and hanged weeks later. He has since become a celebrated symbol of Indian resistance to colonial rule.
• 1827 – 1907 Marcellin Berthelot (1827-1907) Died 18 March 1907, aged 79 French chemist who synthesized numerous organic compounds and helped found the field of thermochemistry. He also served as France's foreign minister and minister of public instruction. He died in Paris hours after his wife, and the couple were buried together in the Pantheon.