In history, year 1728 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1728.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1728:
Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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29 January | John Games \ Beggars Opera was inaugurated in London. |
28 February | Maratha Peshwa Bajirao Pratham defeated the Mughal governors of the Deccan, Qamar-ud-din Khan, Asif Yah, Nizam-ul-Mulk in the Battle of Palkhed. |
14 March | Jean-Jacques Russo left Geneva for the first time. |
22 April | Perrier de Marvix \ Le Triomphe de Plutus inaugurated in Paris. |
31 May | The Royal Bank of Scotland issued its first overdraft to Edinburgh merchant William Hogg (£ 1,000). |
29 August | The city of Nucle was established as Fort Gate-Hub by Royal Governor Claus Parc in Greenland. |
22 October | The terrible fire of 1728 in the city of Copenhagen was the biggest fire in the city's history. |
23 December | The Treaty of Berlin was signed by the Persian Emperor Karel Saha. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1728:
Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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03 July | Robert Adam / Architect / Scotland |
05 October | Chevalier d'Éon / Diplomat / France |
07 November | James Cook / Navigator / United Kingdom |
07 October | Caesar Rodney / Lawyer / United States of America |
09 January | Thomas Warton / Poet / United Kingdom |
09 December | Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi / Composer / Italy |
10 November | Oliver Goldsmith / Poet / United Kingdom |
12 February | Étienne-Louis Boullée / Architect / France |
13 February | John Hunter / Surgeon / Scotland |
16 January | Niccolò Piccinni / Educator / Italy |
16 April | Joseph Black / Physician / France |
17 January | Johann Gottfried Müthel / Pianist / Germany |
21 December | Hermann Raupach / Composer / Germany |
22 March | Anton Raphael Mengs / Painter / Germany |
25 December | Johann Adam Hiller / Composer / Germany |
25 February | John Wood / Architect / United Kingdom |
26 August | Johann Heinrich Lambert / Mathematician / Switzerland |
28 August | John Stark / General / United States of America |