Page 2: Historical Events In October - 28

1733  On October - 28 ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer   

1740  Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17] on October - 28.   

1740  On October - 28 anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47   

1746  Peruvian cities of Lima & Callao demolished by earthquake, 18,000 die on October - 28.   

1755  On October - 28 joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer, dies at 65   

1768  Michel Blavet, French court flautist/composer, dies at 68 on October - 28.   

1776  Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ on October - 28.   

1779  On this day in history raphael Weiss, composer, dies at 66   

1789  Johann Schneider, composer on this day in history.   

1790  On October - 28 new York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000   

1790  On October - 28 nY gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000   

1793  Eli Whitney applies for a patent for his cotton gin (the patent is issued in March of 1794) on this day in history.   

1793  On October - 28 eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin   

1793  On October - 28 eliphalet Remington, US gun maker   

1795  Leonardus A Lightenvelt, minister of RC Worship (1848 . .53) on this day in history.   

1798  On October - 28 henri-Jerome Bertini, composer   

1801  On this day in history karl Georg Lickl, composer   

1804  On this day in history pierre F Verhulst, Belgium, mathematician (logistic curve)   

1805  John Thomson, composer on this day in history.   

1810  On this day in history adley Hogan Gladden, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862   

1818  Ivan Turgenev, Russia, novelist/poet/playwright (Fathers & Sons) [OS] on October - 28.   

1818  Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801), dies at 73 on October - 28.   

1834  On October - 28 the Battle of Pinjarra occurs in the Swan River Colony in present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. Between 14 and 40 Aborigines are killed by British colonists.   

1834  Dudley McIver DuBose, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1883 on October - 28.   

1842  Anna Elizabeth Dickinson, orator (Joan of Arc of the Civil War) on this day in history.   

1846  Pioneers suffer blizzard in Sierra Nevada; 42 die on this day in history.   

1846  On October - 28 auguste Escoffier, king of chefs & chef of kings   

1848  The first railroad in Spain on October - 28.   

1852  On this day in history gerhard M Roentgen, founder Fijenoord dockyard, dies at 57   

1854  James P Carrell, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1855  Ivan V Mitshurin, Russian botanist (new types of fruit) on October - 28.   

1856  Franz Xavier Arens, composer on October - 28.   

1858  On this day in history macy's Dept store opens in NYC   

1863  Battle at Wauhatchie Georgia: 865 killed or injured on this day in history.   

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1017  On this day in history birth of henry III, Roman Catholic German emperor (1046-56)   

1510  On this day in history birth of francisco Borgia, great grandson of pope Alexander VI/theologist/saint   

1510  On this day in history birth of francis Borgia, Spanish duke and Jesuit priest (d. 1572)   

1585  Cornelius Otto Jansen, France, Roman Catholic reform leader was born on October - 28.   

1667  On this day in history birth of maria Anna of Neuburg, second wife of Charles II of Spain (d. 1740)   

1689  On this day in history birth of michel Mathieu, composer   

1691  On this day in history birth of peder Tordenskjold, Norwegian naval hero (d. 1720)   

1697  On October - 28 birth of canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768)   

0312  Death of Maxentius, Roman emperor (b. c. 278) on this day in history.   

0900  Alfred the Great, English monarch, dies on October - 28.   

1138  On October - 28 boleslaw III Kryzwousty, [scheefmond], duke of Poland, dies   

1225  On this day in history death of jien, Japanese poet and historian (b. 1155)   

1312  On October - 28 death of elisabeth of Tirol, German queen   

1412  Death of Margaret I of Denmark, wife of Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1353) on October - 28.   

1520  On this day in history death of pier Gerlofs Donia, Frisian pirate and freedom fighter   

1568  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshihide, Japanese shogun (b. 1539)