Page 2: Historical Events In September - 28

1652  John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42 on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75   

1667  Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1678  On September - 28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published   

1679  On September - 28 mihael Omerza, composer   

1681  On this day in history johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer   

1687  On September - 28 venetians take Athens from the Turks   

1694  On this day in history mouton, mathematician, dies   

1698  Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer on September - 28.   

1701  Divorce legalized in MD on this day in history.   

1702  On September - 28 robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61   

1704  Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher on this day in history.   

1705  Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick) on this day in history.   

1708  Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy on September - 28.   

1735  On September - 28 august Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier   

1745  The British national anthem, God Save The King, sung for the first time on September - 28.   

1745  Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland on this day in history.   

1746  William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist on September - 28.   

1748  Johann Michael Demmler, composer on September - 28.   

1757  On September - 28 andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60   

1759  Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67 on September - 28.   

1760  On September - 28 russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin   

1761  Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician on September - 28.   

1767  On this day in history gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope   

1779  American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay on September - 28.   

1780  On this day in history elie Decazes, France, Bourbon Restoration political figure   

1781  Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War on September - 28.   

1781  9,000 American forces & 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown on September - 28.   

1785  Napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51) on September - 28.   

1785  On September - 28 david Walker, Wilmington NC, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens)   

1787  On September - 28 congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval   

1789  On September - 28 richard Bright, England, physician (Bright's Disease/nephritis)   

1789  Thomas Day, author, killed by fall from a horse at Wargrave Berkshire on this day in history.   

1793  On September - 28 denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)   

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1330  Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?) was born on this day in history.   

1493  Agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey) was born on this day in history.   

1565  Alessandro Tassoni, Modena Italy, political writer (Rape of Bucket) was born on September - 28.   

1571  On September - 28 birth of michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)   

1573  On this day in history birth of caravaggio, Italy, painter   

1573  Michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter was born on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history birth of vredius, [Olivier de Wree], Flemish historian/poet/mayor   

1605  On this day in history birth of boulliau, mathematician   

0235  Death of Saint Pontianus, Pope on this day in history.   

0876  On September - 28 death of louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804)   

0929  Death of Wenceslaus I, duke of Bohemia, murdered on September - 28.   

0935  On September - 28 death of wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)   

1104  Pedro I, king of Navarra & Aragon, dies on September - 28.   

1197  Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies on this day in history.   

1296  Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies on this day in history.   

1429  On September - 28 death of cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria