Historical Events In May - 28

1741  On this day in history spain & Bavaria sign treaty   

1742  On May - 28 the first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)   

1742  On May - 28 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)   

1754  On May - 28 george Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)   

1754  George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts) on May - 28.   

1759  On this day in history william Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)   

1765  On May - 28 jean Baptiste Cartier, composer   

1774  The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on May - 28.   

1774  1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on May - 28.   

1777  Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer on this day in history.   

1778  On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer   

1780  On May - 28 joseph Frohlich, composer   

1782  On May - 28 wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter   

1787  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1789  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange) on this day in history.   

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1798  On this day in history josef Dessauer, composer   

1805  On this day in history ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62   

1807  On this day in history jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra   

1810  Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer on this day in history.   

1816  On May - 28 ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

1818  On May - 28 the first steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched   

1818  On this day in history 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched   

1818  Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter) on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history william Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907   

1820  On May - 28 willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic   

1828  On May - 28 alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891   

1830  Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie on May - 28.   

1830  On May - 28 george Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874   

1831  Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor on this day in history.   

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.   

1836  On this day in history anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

1838  On this day in history basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916   

1838  On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies   

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1140  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on May - 28.   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician   

1582  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

1588  On May - 28 birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.   

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  On May - 28 christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.   

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59