Page 2: Historical Events In September - 28

1652  John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42 on September - 28.   

1657  Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75 on September - 28.   

1667  On September - 28 jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71   

1678  On September - 28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published   

1679  On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer   

1681  On September - 28 johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer   

1687  Venetians take Athens from the Turks on September - 28.   

1694  Mouton, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1698  Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer on this day in history.   

1701  On September - 28 divorce legalized in MD   

1702  On this day in history robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61   

1704  On this day in history maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher   

1705  Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick) on this day in history.   

1708  On this day in history battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy   

1735  August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier on September - 28.   

1745  On this day in history the British national anthem, God Save The King, sung for the first time   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland on September - 28.   

1746  On September - 28 william Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist   

1748  Johann Michael Demmler, composer on September - 28.   

1757  Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67   

1760  On this day in history russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin   

1761  On this day in history budan de Boislaurent, mathematician   

1767  Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope on September - 28.   

1779  American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay on September - 28.   

1780  Elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War   

1781  On September - 28 9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown   

1785  Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history david Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)   

1787  Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval on September - 28.   

1789  On September - 28 richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis)   

1789  Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire on September - 28.   

1793  On September - 28 denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)   

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1330  Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey) was born on September - 28.   

1565  Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket) was born on September - 28.   

1571  On September - 28 birth of michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)   

1573  On September - 28 birth of caravaggio, Italy, painter   

1573  Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter was born on this day in history.   

1596  On September - 28 birth of vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor   

1605  On this day in history birth of boulliau, mathematician   

0235  On September - 28 death of saint Pontianus, Pope   

0876  Death of Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804) on this day in history.   

0929  On September - 28 death of wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered   

0935  On this day in history death of wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)   

1104  Pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies on September - 28.   

1197  Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies on September - 28.   

1296  On September - 28 adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies   

1429  Death of Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria on this day in history.