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  • Netherlands
    1828
    Chocolate

    Coenraad van Houten

    Netherlands
    1828

    In 1828, Coenraad van Houten created a press to remove about half the natural fat (cacao butter) from chocolate liquor, which made chocolate both cheaper to produce and more consistent in quality. This innovation introduced the modern era of chocolate.




  • Lincoln State Park, Indiana, US
    Sunday Jan 20, 1828
    Abraham Lincoln

    Sister died

    Lincoln State Park, Indiana, US
    Sunday Jan 20, 1828

    Ten years later, on January 20, 1828, Sarah died while giving birth to a stillborn son, devastating Lincoln.




  • U.S.
    1828
    Sojourner Truth

    Truth took the issue to court

    U.S.
    1828

    Truth learned that her son Peter, then five years old, had been sold illegally by Dumont to an owner in Alabama. With the help of the Van Wagenens, she took the issue to court and in 1828, after months of legal proceedings, she got back her son, who had been abused by those who were enslaving him. Truth became one of the first black women to go to court against a white man and win the case.




  • Ocaña, Colombia
    Mar, 1828
    Simón Bolívar

    Bolívar called for a constitutional convention

    Ocaña, Colombia
    Mar, 1828

    Bolívar had great difficulties maintaining control of the vast Gran Colombia. In 1826, internal divisions sparked dissent throughout the nation, and regional uprisings erupted in Venezuela. The new South American union had revealed its fragility and appeared to be on the verge of collapse. To preserve the union, an amnesty was declared and an arrangement was reached with the Venezuelan rebels, but this increased the political dissent in neighboring New Granada. In an attempt to keep the nation together as a single entity, Bolívar called for a constitutional convention at Ocaña in March 1828.




  • New Granada (Present Day Colombia)
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1828
    Simón Bolívar

    This move was considered controversial in New Granada and was one of the reasons for the deliberations

    New Granada (Present Day Colombia)
    Wednesday Apr 9, 1828

    This move was considered controversial in New Granada and was one of the reasons for the deliberations, which met from 9 April to 10 June 1828. The convention almost ended up drafting a document which would have implemented a radically federalist form of government, which would have greatly reduced the powers of a central administration. The federalist faction was able to command a majority for the draft of a new constitution which has definite federal characteristics despite its ostensibly centralist outline. Unhappy with what would be the ensuing result, pro-Bolívar delegates withdrew from the convention, leaving it moribund.




  • Vienna, Austria
    Friday Nov 14, 1828
    Beethoven

    His Most Perfect Single Work

    Vienna, Austria
    Friday Nov 14, 1828

    Beethoven then turned to write the string quartets for Golitsin. Of these "Late Quartets", Beethoven's favorite was the Fourteenth Quartet, op. 131 in C♯ minor, which he rated as his most perfect single work. The last musical wish of Schubert was to hear the Op. 131 quartet, which he did on 14 November 1828, five days before his death.




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