Historical Events In March - 28

1758  On March - 28 jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54  

1760  Thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation) on this day in history.  

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

1770  Sophie Mereau, writer on March - 28.  

1774  On March - 28 britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts  

1776  On this day in history juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.  

1779  On March - 28 angelo Maria Benincori, composer  

1791  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 on March - 28.  

1794  On this day in history louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)  

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

1795  On this day in history 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 March - 28 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  Nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine on March - 28.  

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

1799  On March - 28 nY State abolished slavery  

1799  Karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow) on March - 28.  

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

1801  On this day in history ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66  

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

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 March - 28 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  On March - 28 giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62  

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

1834  On this day in history 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 March - 28.  

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

1844  Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid on March - 28.  

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

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1483  On March - 28 birth of raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens)  

1515  On March - 28 birth of theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint  

1522  On March - 28 birth of albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557)  

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on this day in history.  

1592  On this day in history 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  Guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67 on March - 28.  

1072  Death of Ordulf, Duke of Saxony on March - 28.  

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on March - 28.  

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on March - 28.  

1285  On this day in history martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies  

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

1566  On this day in history siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79