Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1784  Ferdinand Reis, composer on this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history the Treaty of Hopewell is signed.   

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

1785  William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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

1792  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education on this day in history.   

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

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 November - 28.   

1795  Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history john Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America   

1810  William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect on this day in history.   

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  Kosacks occupy Utrecht on November - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1820  The birth of Friedrich Engels, German philosopher on November - 28.   

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

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

1827  Dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies on November - 28.   

1829  On this day in history anton Rubinstein, Vykhvatinetz Podolia, composer (Omitri Doskoy) [NS]   

1833  Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo on November - 28.   

1837  On this day in history john Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)   

1841  On November - 28 e M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G)   

1843  On this day in history ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day   

1843  Manuel Gregorio Tavarez, composer on November - 28.   

1847  Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo on this day in history.   

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  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  On this day in history 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  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on November - 28.   

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  On November - 28 shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies   

1290  On November - 28 death of eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on this day in history.   

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on November - 28.   

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