Historical Events In November - 28

1763  On this day in history matthaus Fischer, composer   

1770  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia on November - 28.   

1775  2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy on November - 28.   

1777  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat on November - 28.   

1784  On November - 28 ferdinand Reis, composer   

1785  The Treaty of Hopewell is signed on this day in history.   

1785  Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36) on November - 28.   

1785  William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55 on November - 28.   

1788  On November - 28 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53   

1792  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck)   

1794  Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64 on November - 28.   

1795  US pays $800,000 anda frigate as tribute to Algiers andTunis on November - 28.   

1795  On November - 28 uS pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis   

1795  On November - 28 adolf Bernhard Marx, composer   

1805  On this day in history john Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America   

1810  William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect on November - 28.   

1811  On this day in history maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)   

1812  Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer on November - 28.   

1813  On November - 28 kosacks occupy Utrecht   

1814  On November - 28 the Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.   

1815  On November - 28 johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70   

1820  The birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher on November - 28.   

1820  Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator on this day in history.   

1821  On November - 28 panama declares independence from Spain   

1827  Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history anton Rubinstein, Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Doskoy) [NS]   

1833  Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo on November - 28.   

1837  On November - 28 john Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)   

1841  On November - 28 e M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G)   

1843  On November - 28 ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day   

1843  On November - 28 manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer   

1847  On this day in history bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo   

1853  On this day in history olympia established as capital of Washington Territory   

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1118  On November - 28 birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on November - 28.   

1607  On this day in history birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On November - 28 birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

1058  On November - 28 kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  On November - 28 death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  On this day in history shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  On this day in history death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  On November - 28 death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on November - 28.   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded