Historical Events In February - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1823 On February - 28 ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion
1824 On February - 28 charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on this day in history.
1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history first US railroad chartered to carry passengers and freight, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, is incorporated
1827 The B&O Railroad is incorporated (and forever remembered on Monopoly game boards ) on this day in history.
1827 On February - 28 the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for the commercial transportation of people and freight
1827 On this day in history 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
1828 On this day in history franz Grillparzer's "Ein Treuer Diener," premieres in Vienna
1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal on February - 28.
1835 On February - 28 dr Elias Lönnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala"
1835 Dr Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" on February - 28.
1838 On February - 28 robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)
1844 US Secretary of State Abel Upshur, Navy Secretary Thomas Gilmer, and several others die when a 12-inch gun aboard the USS Princeton explodes on February - 28.
1844 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes on this day in history.
1844 On this day in history abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1847 US defeats México in battle of Sacramento on February - 28.
1847 On February - 28 uS defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento
1849 The first gold-seekers arrived in San Francisco, aboard the ship California on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
1850 The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah on this day in history.
1850 Hermann Schell, German theologist/philosopher (Gott und Geist) on February - 28.
1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon WI on February - 28.
1854 Slavery opponents meet in Ripon, WI, calling for a new political group (which became the Republican Party) on this day in history.
1854 The Republican Party is formally organized on this day in history.
1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc on this day in history.
1854 On this day in history juliusz Zarebski, composer
1857 On this day in history gustave Adolph Kerker, composer
1858 On this day in history jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery on February - 28.
1861 The Colorado Territory is organized on this day in history.
1861 On February - 28 territories of Nevada & Colorado created
1862 On this day in history the opera "La Reine de Saba" premieres (Paris)
1862 Opera "La Reine de Saba," premieres in Paris on February - 28.
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