Historical Events In September - 28

1652  John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1657  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1667  On September - 28 jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71   

1678  On this day in history "Pilgrim's Progress" published   

1679  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer   

1681  On this day in history johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer   

1687  Venetians take Athens from the Turks on this day in history.   

1694  Mouton, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1698  On this day in history pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer   

1701  Divorce legalized in MD on September - 28.   

1702  Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1704  Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher on this day in history.   

1705  Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick) on September - 28.   

1708  Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy on this day in history.   

1735  On September - 28 august Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier   

1745  On September - 28 the British national anthem, God Save The King, sung for the first time   

1745  On September - 28 bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland   

1746  William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist on September - 28.   

1748  Johann Michael Demmler, composer on September - 28.   

1757  On this day in history andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60   

1759  Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67 on September - 28.   

1760  On this day in history russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin   

1761  On September - 28 budan de Boislaurent, mathematician   

1767  On September - 28 gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope   

1779  American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay on this day in history.   

1780  Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure on September - 28.   

1781  Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War on this day in history.   

1781  9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown on September - 28.   

1785  Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) on this day in history.   

1785  On September - 28 david Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)   

1787  Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval on September - 28.   

1789  Richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis) on September - 28.   

1789  Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire on this day in history.   

1793  Denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48) on September - 28.   

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1330  On September - 28 birth of nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?)   

1493  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey) was born on September - 28.   

1565  On this day in history birth of alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket)   

1571  On this day in history birth of michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)   

1573  Caravaggio, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter   

1596  On September - 28 birth of vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor   

1605  On this day in history birth of boulliau, mathematician   

0235  On this day in history death of saint Pontianus, Pope   

0876  Death of Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804) on this day in history.   

0929  On this day in history death of wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered   

0935  On September - 28 death of wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)   

1104  On this day in history pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies   

1197  On this day in history henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies   

1296  Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies on September - 28.   

1429  Death of Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria on September - 28.