Page 2: Historical Events In March - 28

1758  Jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54 on March - 28.   

1760  Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) on March - 28.   

1766  On this day in history joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)   

1770  On March - 28 sophie Mereau, writer   

1774  Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.   

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

1779  On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

1791  On March - 28 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  Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church on this day in history.   

1796  On this day in history bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church   

1797  On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

1797  On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine   

1799  On March - 28 new York State abolished slavery   

1799  NY State abolished slavery on March - 28.   

1799  On March - 28 karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)   

1799  Etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1801  On March - 28 ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66   

1802  Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man on March - 28.   

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

1806  On March - 28 ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66)   

1809  On this day in history peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.   

1817  Mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer on this day in history.   

1818  On March - 28 wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

1818  Giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62 on March - 28.   

1834  On this day in history senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US   

1834  Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US on March - 28.   

1837  Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud on this day in history.   

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

1840  Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1844  Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid on this day in history.   

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 March - 28 birth of fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter   

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  On this day in history birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)   

1569  On March - 28 birth of ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622)   

1592  On March - 28 birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  On March - 28 death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  On March - 28 guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

1072  On March - 28 death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony   

1134  On March - 28 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  On March - 28 siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79