Editing 1827 (section)

=== January–March ===
* [[January 5]] – The first [[regatta]] in Australia is held, taking place in [[Tasmania]] (called at the time ''[[Van Diemen's Land]]''), on the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]] at [[Hobart]].<ref>Stephen Gard, ''Port Jackson Pullers: Australia's Early Sculling Champions'' (BlueDawe Books, 2014) p32</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Furman University]], founded in [[1826]], begins its first classes with 10 students, as the Furman Academy and Theological Institution, located in [[Edgefield, South Carolina]].<ref>"Furman University" in ''The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture'', (Volume 17: Education), Clarence L. Mohr, ed. (UNC Press Books, 2011) p221</ref> By the end of [[2016]], it will have 2,800 students at its main campus in [[Greenville, South Carolina]].
* [[January 27]] – Author [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] first elaborates on his vision of ''[[Weltliteratur]]'' (world literature), in a letter to Johann Peter Eckermann, declaring his belief that "poetry is the universal possession of mankind", and that "the epoch of world literature is at hand, and each must work to hasten its coming."<ref>Theo D'haen, ''The Routledge Concise History of World Literature'' (Routledge, 2013) p5</ref>
* [[January 30]] – The first public theatre in Norway, the [[Christiania Offentlige Theater]], is inaugurated in Christiania (modern-day [[Oslo]]).
* [[January]] – In [[History of Laos|Laos]], [[King Anouvong]] of [[Vientiane]] leads the [[Laotian Rebellion]] against [[Thailand|Siam]] and successfully attacks [[Nakhon Ratchasima]] (the [[Thai people|Siamese]] later invade [[Vientiane]] and nearly destroy the whole city).
* [[February 20]] – [[Battle of Ituzaingó]] (Passo do Rosário): A Brazilian Imperial Army force is tactically defeated on the border of Brazil and the [[United Provinces of the Río de la Plata]] by [[Argentina|Argentine]] and [[Uruguay]]an troops.
* [[February 28]] – The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]] is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in the United States offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
* [[March 7]] – Brazilian marines sail up the [[Río Negro (Argentina)|Rio Negro]] and [[Battle of Carmen de Patagones|attack]] the temporary naval base of [[Carmen de Patagones]], [[Argentina]]; they are defeated by the local citizens.
* [[March 11]]
** The new state constitution for the Mexican state of [[Coahuila y Tejas]] is ratified, including a phasing-out of slavery in its Article 13, which declares that "From and after the promulgation of the constitution in the capital of each district, no one shall be born a slave in the state, and after six months the introduction of slaves under any pretext shall not be permitted."<ref>Randolph B. Campbell, et al., ''The Laws of Slavery in Texas: Historical Documents and Essays'' (University of Texas Press, 2010) p14</ref> The prohibition of importing slaves from the United States is lifted when Texas declares independence in 1836, and the Republic of Texas Constitution will provide specifically that Africans and "the descendants of Africans" will not be considered "citizens of the republic".
** The predecessor of [[Qasr El Eyni Hospital]] and Cairo University School of Medicine is established in [[Egypt]] under the direction of [[Antoine Clot]] as the first medical school in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipka.medicine.cu.edu.eg/joomla/index.php/history|title=History|publisher=IPKA|accessdate=2024-01-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Qasr El Eyni Hospital|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/575/chrncls.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116131355/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2002/575/chrncls.htm|archive-date=2006-01-16|website=Al Ahram Weekly|year=2002|issue=575|accessdate=2024-01-02}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] – ''[[Freedom's Journal]]'', the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by [[John Russwurm]].
*[[March 29]] — Thousands crowd the streets of Vienna to attend  the funeral of Beethoven after his March 26 death. His contemporaries  [[Franz Schubert]], [[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]] and [[Carl Czerny]] serve as torchbearers and Chancellor [[Metternich]] speaks.