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 this day in history.   

1775  On November - 28 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy   

1777  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat on November - 28.   

1784  Ferdinand Reis, composer on November - 28.   

1785  The Treaty of Hopewell is signed on November - 28.   

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

1785  William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53   

1792  On this day in history victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education   

1793  Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck) on this day in history.   

1794  Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64 on November - 28.   

1795  On November - 28 uS pays $800,000 anda frigate as tribute to Algiers andTunis   

1795  On this day in history uS pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis   

1795  On November - 28 adolf Bernhard Marx, composer   

1805  On November - 28 john Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America   

1810  William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect on November - 28.   

1811  On November - 28 maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)   

1812  On November - 28 ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer   

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  On November - 28 johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70   

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 this day in history panama declares independence from Spain   

1827  Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies on November - 28.   

1829  Anton Rubinstein, Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Doskoy) [NS] on this day in history.   

1833  Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo on November - 28.   

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

1841  On this day in history e M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G)   

1843  Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day on November - 28.   

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 November - 28.   

1853  On this day in history olympia established as capital of Washington Territory   

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1118  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  On November - 28 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  On November - 28 birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on November - 28.   

1650  On this day in history birth of john Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]   

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on this day in history.   

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 November - 28.   

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

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on this day in history.   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded