Page 2: Historical Events In November - 28

1763  Matthaus Fischer, composer on this day in history.   

1770  F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia on November - 28.   

1775  2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy on this day in history.   

1777  On November - 28 georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat   

1784  On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer   

1785  The Treaty of Hopewell is signed on this day in history.   

1785  Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history william Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55   

1788  Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 on this day in history.   

1792  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck)   

1794  Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1795  US pays $800,000 anda frigate as tribute to Algiers andTunis on November - 28.   

1795  On November - 28 uS pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis   

1795  On this day in history adolf Bernhard Marx, composer   

1805  John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America on November - 28.   

1810  On November - 28 william Froude, England, engineer/naval architect   

1811  Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) on November - 28.   

1812  Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer on November - 28.   

1813  On this day in history kosacks occupy Utrecht   

1814  On November - 28 the Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.   

1815  Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70 on November - 28.   

1820  The birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher on November - 28.   

1820  Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator on this day in history.   

1821  On November - 28 panama declares independence from Spain   

1827  Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history anton Rubinstein, Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Doskoy) [NS]   

1833  On November - 28 charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo   

1837  John Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid) on this day in history.   

1841  E M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G) on this day in history.   

1843  On this day in history ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day   

1843  Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer on November - 28.   

1847  Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo on this day in history.   

1853  Olympia established as capital of Washington Territory on November - 28.   

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1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on November - 28.   

1489  On this day in history birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  On this day in history birth of james Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)   

1598  On this day in history birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on November - 28.   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.   

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on November - 28.   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on November - 28.   

1170  On this day in history death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)   

1262  On November - 28 shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on this day in history.   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on November - 28.   

1514  On this day in history hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on this day in history.