Historical Events In May - 28

1741  Spain & Bavaria sign treaty on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1754  George Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts) on this day in history.  

1759  William Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06) on this day in history.  

1765  On May - 28 jean Baptiste Cartier, composer  

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

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

1777  On May - 28 joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer  

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1778  On May - 28 friedrich Westenholz, composer  

1780  On this day in history joseph Frohlich, composer  

1782  On this day in history wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter  

1787  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on May - 28.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1807  Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra on May - 28.  

1810  On this day in history alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer  

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

1818  The first steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1820  Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic on this day in history.  

1828  Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 on May - 28.  

1830  On May - 28 congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie  

1830  On this day in history george Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874  

1831  Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor on May - 28.  

1833  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74  

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

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

1838  On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies  

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1140  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)  

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior  

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

1577  On this day in history birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician  

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1089  On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1259  On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies  

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63  

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

1521  On May - 28 willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62  

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 May - 28.  

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