Historical Events In March - 28

1758  On this day in history jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54  

1760  On this day in history thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)  

1766  On March - 28 joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)  

1770  On this day in history sophie Mereau, writer  

1774  On March - 28 britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts  

1776  On March - 28 juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.  

1779  Angelo Maria Benincori, composer on this day in history.  

1791  On this day in history convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there.  

1794  Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August) on March - 28.  

1795  On March - 28 nootka Sound BC, the Spanish evacuate trading post at Friendly Cove to British.  

1795  On March - 28 partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.  

1796  On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church  

1796  On March - 28 bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church  

1797  On March - 28 nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine  

1797  On March - 28 nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine  

1799  New York State abolished slavery on this day in history.  

1799  On March - 28 nY State abolished slavery  

1799  On this day in history karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)  

1799  Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55 on March - 28.  

1801  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66 on March - 28.  

1802  Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man on this day in history.  

1804  Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 on March - 28.  

1806  Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66) on March - 28.  

1809  Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin on March - 28.  

1817  On March - 28 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer  

1818  On this day in history wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902  

1818  On this day in history giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62  

1834  Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US on this day in history.  

1834  On March - 28 senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US  

1837  On March - 28 felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud  

1840  Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) on this day in history.  

1840  On March - 28 simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89  

1844  On this day in history jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid  

1845  Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US on this day in history.  

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1468  On this day in history birth of charles I, Duke of Savoy  

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter  

1472  On this day in history birth of fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)  

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on March - 28.  

1515  On this day in history birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint  

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on March - 28.  

1569  On this day in history birth of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)  

1592  On this day in history birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer  

0193  On this day in history death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated  

0593  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.  

1134  On this day in history stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies  

1239  On March - 28 death of emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180)  

1285  On March - 28 martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies  

1563  Death of Heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488) on March - 28.  

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on March - 28.