Calendar of Literary Facts

1827

  • Harriet E. Adams (Wilson) is born
  • Joseph Niepce successfully takes photographs, which develop on metal plates
  • Georg Simon Ohm develops “Ohm’s Law,” defining electrical resistance
  • John Walker invents the sulfer-friction match
  • Russia defeats Persia and occupies Armenia
  • William Blake dies (August 12)
  • John Rollin Ridge is born (March 19)