Page 2: Historical Events In March - 28

1758  On this day in history jonathan Edwards, US theologist (Great Awakening), dies at 54   

1760  On this day in history thomas Clarkson, English abolitionist (Negro Emancipation)   

1766  On March - 28 joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Emmeline)   

1770  On this day in history sophie Mereau, writer   

1774  Britain passes Coercive Act against Massachusetts on this day in history.   

1776  On March - 28 juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.   

1779  On this day in history angelo Maria Benincori, composer   

1791  Convicts Mary and William Bryant, their two children and seven other convicts escape from Port Jackson Australia in open boat to Timor but are recaptured there on March - 28.   

1794  On this day in history louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)   

1795  Nootka Sound BC, the Spanish evacuate trading post at Friendly Cove to British on this day in history.   

1795  On March - 28 partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.   

1796  Bethel African Methodist Church of Philadelphia is first US-African church on March - 28.   

1796  Bethel African Methodist Church of Phila is 1st US-African church on this day in history.   

1797  On March - 28 nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire patents a washing machine   

1797  On this day in history nathaniel Briggs of NH patents a washing machine   

1799  New York State abolished slavery on March - 28.   

1799  NY State abolished slavery on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history karl Adolph von Basedow, German artist (Ziekte van Basedow)   

1799  On March - 28 etta L J "baronne" Palm-Aelders, Dutch adventurer/spy, dies at 55   

1801  Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (North Holland), dies at 66 on March - 28.   

1802  Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man on this day in history.   

1804  Ohio passed law restricting movement of Blacks, 1804 on March - 28.   

1806  Ludolf AJW Sloet van de Beele, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1861-66) on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medelin.   

1817  On March - 28 mariano Soriano Fuertes y Piqueras, composer   

1818  Wade Hampton, SC, Lt Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1902 on this day in history.   

1818  On this day in history giuseppe Antonio Capuzzi, composer, dies at 62   

1834  Senate censure President Jackson for taking federal deposits from Bank of US on this day in history.   

1834  Senate censure Pres Jackson for taking fed deposits from Bank of US on this day in history.   

1837  Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud on March - 28.   

1840  Mehemed Emin Pasja, German explorer/governor (Equatoria) on March - 28.   

1840  On this day in history simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician, dies at 89   

1844  On March - 28 jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid   

1845  On March - 28 mexico drops diplomatic relations with US   

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1468  Charles I, Duke of Savoy was born on March - 28.   

1472  Fra Bartolomeo, monk, Florentine Renaissance painter was born on this day in history.   

1472  Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517) was born on March - 28.   

1483  Raphael, Urbino Italy, painter (School of Athens) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Theresa of Avila/Teresa de Jesus, Spanish mystic writer/saint was born on March - 28.   

1522  Albert the Warlike, Prince of Bayreuth (d. 1557) was born on this day in history.   

1569  Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1622) was born on March - 28.   

1592  On this day in history birth of jan Amos Komensky, [Comenius] Moravian educational reB03281603 Stephan Otto, composer   

0193  On March - 28 death of publius Helvius Pertinax, Roman Emperor (192-93), assassinated   

0593  On this day in history guntram, French king in Burgundy, dies at about 67   

1072  On this day in history death of ordulf, Duke of Saxony   

1134  Stefanus Harding, 3rd abbott of Côteaux/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1239  Death of Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (b. 1180) on March - 28.   

1285  Martinus IV, [Simon de Brion], Pope (1281-85), dies on this day in history.   

1563  On March - 28 death of heinrich Glarean, Swiss music theorist (b. 1488)   

1566  Siegmund Freiherr von Herberstein, Austrian diplomat, dies at 79 on this day in history.