Page 2: Historical Events In May - 28

1741  Spain & Bavaria sign treaty on May - 28.   

1742  On May - 28 the first indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)   

1742  1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London) on this day in history.   

1754  On this day in history george Washington defeats French & Indians at Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh)   

1754  On this day in history george Washington defeats French & indians at Ft Duquesne (Pitts)   

1759  On this day in history william Pitt, the Younger (C), English PM (1783-1801, 1804-06)   

1765  Jean Baptiste Cartier, composer on this day in history.   

1774  The first Continental Congress convenes (Virginia) on May - 28.   

1774  On May - 28 1st Continental Congress convenes (Virginia)   

1777  On this day in history joseph-Henri-Ignace Mees, composer   

1778  Friedrich Westenholz, composer on this day in history.   

1780  On May - 28 joseph Frohlich, composer   

1782  On this day in history wouter J van Troostwijk, Dutch painter   

1787  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on May - 28.   

1789  Bernard S Ingemann, Danish author (Tomorrow- og Aftensange) on this day in history.   

1791  On May - 28 joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

1798  On this day in history josef Dessauer, composer   

1805  On May - 28 ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62   

1807  Jan van Swieten, Dutch general/governor of West-Sumatra on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history alexandre Calamo, Switz, painter/etcher/lithographer   

1816  On this day in history ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

1818  On May - 28 the first steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched   

1818  1st steam-vessel to sail Great Lakes launched on this day in history.   

1818  Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, US Confederate gen (Hero of Sumter) on May - 28.   

1819  William Birney, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1907 on May - 28.   

1820  Willem Doorenbos, [Keerom], literary/critic on this day in history.   

1828  Alpheus Baker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891 on this day in history.   

1830  On May - 28 congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to western prairie   

1830  George Lucas Hartsuff, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 on this day in history.   

1831  Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor on May - 28.   

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.   

1836  On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

1838  Basil Wilson Duke, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1916 on May - 28.   

1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.   

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1140  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.   

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1534  On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.