Page 2: Historical Events In May - 28

1741  Spain & Bavaria sign treaty on May - 28.   

1742  The first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) on May - 28.   

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

1754  On this day in history george Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)   

1754  On this day in history george Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)   

1759  On May - 28 william Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)   

1765  On May - 28 jean Baptiste Cartier, composer   

1774  On May - 28 the first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

1774  On this day in history 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

1777  On this day in history joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer   

1778  On May - 28 friedrich Westenholz, composer   

1780  On May - 28 joseph Frohlich, composer   

1782  Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter on May - 28.   

1787  On this day in history johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67   

1789  On May - 28 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)   

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on May - 28.   

1798  On this day in history josef Dessauer, composer   

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on May - 28.   

1807  Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra on this day in history.   

1810  Alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer on May - 28.   

1816  On this day in history ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

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

1818  1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched on May - 28.   

1818  On this day in history pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter)   

1819  William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907 on May - 28.   

1820  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1830  George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor   

1833  On May - 28 johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74   

1836  Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on May - 28.   

1838  Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916 on May - 28.   

1838  On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies   

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

1371  On May - 28 birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.   

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

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on May - 28.   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)   

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

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

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on this day in history.   

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62   

1534  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on this day in history.   

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.