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Overview of the events of 1828 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1828 .
January –
Thomas Dale becomes the first university professor of English language and literature, at the new
London University .
[1]
January 1 –
John Neal launches
The Yankee literary journal.
[2]
January 6 –
William Lamb , the future Lord Melbourne, writes to his estranged wife,
Lady Caroline Lamb , from Ireland, regretting that official duties make it impossible to visit her immediately. Later in the month, he makes the sea crossing arriving at her bedside shortly before her death.
[3]
February 21 – The
Cherokee Phœnix , the earliest newspaper published by
Native Americans in the United States and in one of their indigenous languages, (
Cherokee ), is first issued in
New Echota .
April 1 –
The Athenæum , "London Literary and Critical Journal", is launched by
James Silk Buckingham .
December –
Nikolai Gogol leaves school and goes to
Saint Petersburg .
[4]
unknown dates
January 2 –
Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall , English writer (died
1865 )
[10]
January 15 –
Mary Jane Katzmann , Canadian writer, editor, and historian (died
1890 )
January 22 –
Dora d'Istria , Romanian-Albanian writer (died
1888 )
February 8 –
Jules Verne , French novelist and science fiction writer (died
1905 )
February 12 –
George Meredith , English novelist and poet (died
1909 )
February 14 –
Edmond About , French novelist and journalist (died
1885 )
February 16 –
Julia Colman , American writer, educator, activist, and editor (died
1909 )
March 20 –
Henrik Johan Ibsen , Norwegian dramatist (died
1906 )
April 1 –
Lucinda Banister Chandler , American author and reformer (died
1911 )
April 1 –
George Barbu Știrbei , Romanian journalist, biographer and patron of the arts (died
1925 )
April 4 –
Margaret Oliphant , Scottish novelist and historical writer (died
1897 )
[11]
May 12 –
Dante Gabriel Rossetti , English poet and artist (died
1882 )
[12]
August 9 –
B. Beaumont , British author and businesswoman (died
1892 )
August 24 –
Gheorghe Chițu , Romanian classical scholar, publisher and journalist (died
1897 )
September 9 –
Leo Tolstoy , Russian novelist (died
1910 )
[13]
September 17 –
Louise Flodin , Swedish journalist (died
1923 )
October 8 –
Francisque Sarcey , French journalist and critic (died
1899 )
October 10 –
Harriet Newell Kneeland Goff , American author and reformer (died
1901 )
November 14 –
Susannah V. Aldrich , American author and hymnwriter (died
1905 )
unknown date –
Charlotte Chanter , English botanical writer and novelist (died
1882 )
[14]
January 5 –
Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶), Japanese
haiku poet (born
1763 )
January 16 –
Johann Samuel Ersch , German bibliographer (born
1766 )
January 26 –
Lady Caroline Lamb , English novelist (born
1785 )
[3]
February 7 –
Henry Neele , English poet and scholar (born
1798 )
February 29 –
Henry Beekman Livingston , American poet (born
1748 )
March 16 –
Johann Georg August Galletti , German historian (born
1750 )
March 28 –
Frances Burney , English dramatist (born
1776 )
April 7 –
Helena Charlotta Åkerhielm , Swedish dramatist and translator (born
1786 )
April 25 –
François-Benoît Hoffman , French dramatist and critic (born
1760 )
May 28 –
Anne Seymour Damer , English sculptor and novelist (born
1748 )
[15]
June 8 –
William Coxe , English historian and travel writer (born
1747 )
June 11 –
Dugald Stewart , Scottish Enlightenment philosopher (born
1753 )
June 21 –
Leandro Fernández de Moratín , Spanish dramatist and poet (born
1760 )
August 10 –
William Cardell , American grammarian and story writer for boys (born
1780 )
[16]
October 13 –
Vincenzo Monti , Italian poet and dramatist (born
1754 )
November 8 –
Thomas Bewick , English writer and natural historian (born
1753 )