Historical Events In November - 28

1763  On this day in history matthaus Fischer, composer   

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

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

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

1784  On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer   

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

1785  On this day in history achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)   

1785  William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55 on November - 28.   

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

1792  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education on November - 28.   

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

1794  On November - 28 friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64   

1795  On this day in history uS pays $800,000 anda frigate as tribute to Algiers andTunis   

1795  US pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis on this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history adolf Bernhard Marx, composer   

1805  John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America on this day in history.   

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

1811  Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64) on this day in history.   

1812  Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history kosacks occupy Utrecht   

1814  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 on this day in history.   

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

1820  The birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher on this day in history.   

1820  On this day in history friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator   

1821  Panama declares independence from Spain on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies   

1829  On November - 28 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 November - 28.   

1841  E M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G) on November - 28.   

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

1843  On this day in history manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer   

1847  On November - 28 bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo   

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

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

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on November - 28.   

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

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on November - 28.   

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

1628  On November - 28 birth of john Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

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

0741  On November - 28 gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

1058  On November - 28 kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on November - 28.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on this day in history.   

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 November - 28 hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

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