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 November - 28.   

1777  Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer   

1785  On November - 28 the Treaty of Hopewell is signed.   

1785  Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36) on November - 28.   

1785  On November - 28 william Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55   

1788  On November - 28 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53   

1792  On November - 28 victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education   

1793  Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck) on November - 28.   

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

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 November - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history kosacks occupy Utrecht   

1814  On this day in history 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  On November - 28 the birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher   

1820  Friedrich Engels, Germany, social philosopher; Marx's collaborator on November - 28.   

1821  Panama declares independence from Spain on November - 28.   

1827  On November - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1843  Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day on this day in history.   

1843  Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer on this day in history.   

1847  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

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

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on November - 28.   

1598  On November - 28 birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)   

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on this day in history.   

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

1640  On November - 28 birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

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  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

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 November - 28.   

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  On this day in history death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded