Historical Events In May - 28
Wednesday, 29 March 2023
1741 Spain & Bavaria sign treaty on May - 28.
1742 The first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) on this day in history.
1742 On this day in history 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
1754 George Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) on this day in history.
1754 On this day in history george Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)
1759 On this day in history william Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)
1765 Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer on this day in history.
1774 The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.
1774 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on this day in history.
1777 Joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer on May - 28.
1778 Friedrich Westenholz, composer on this day in history.
1780 On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer
1782 Wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter on May - 28.
1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1789 On May - 28 bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange)
1791 On May - 28 joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57
1798 On this day in history josef Dessauer, composer
1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on May - 28.
1807 On this day in history jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra
1810 On this day in history alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer
1816 Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on this day in history.
1818 The first steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched on May - 28.
1818 On May - 28 1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched
1818 On May - 28 pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter)
1819 On May - 28 william Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907
1820 On May - 28 willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic
1828 Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 on May - 28.
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 On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74
1836 On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66
1838 On this day in history basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
1838 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.
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