Page 2: Historical Events In September - 28

1652  On September - 28 john Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42   

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 September - 28.   

1678  On this day in history "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 September - 28 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  On this day in history maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher   

1705  On September - 28 henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick)   

1708  On September - 28 battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy   

1735  On this day in history 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  On September - 28 william Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist   

1748  On this day in history johann Michael Demmler, composer   

1757  On this day in history andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60   

1759  Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1760  Russian & Austrian army occupies Berlin on September - 28.   

1761  Budan de Boislaurent, mathematician on this day in history.   

1767  Gentlemen 17 forbid private slave transport India to Cape of Good Hope on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1785  On this day in history napoleon Bonaparte (16) graduates from the military academy in Paris (42nd in a class of 51)   

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

1787  Congress sends Constitution to state legislatures for their approval on this day in history.   

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 this day in history denis A Affre, archbishop of Paris (1840-48)   

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1330  Nicolas Flamel, French alchemist (d. 1417?) was born on September - 28.   

1493  On September - 28 birth of agnolo Firenzuola, [Giovannini], Italian monk (Golden Donkey)   

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

1571  On this day in history birth of michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian artist (d. 1610)   

1573  Caravaggio, Italy, painter was born on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history birth of michelangelo Buanarroti, Caprese Italy, painter/sculpter   

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

1605  Boulliau, mathematician was born on September - 28.   

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

0876  Death of Louis the German, King of Eastern Francia (b. 804) on September - 28.   

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  On September - 28 henry VI von Hohenstaufen, Roman Catholic German King (1169-97), dies   

1296  Adolf VII, earl of Mountain (1259-96), dies on September - 28.   

1429  Death of Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest of Austria on September - 28.