August 28th, 1589

Born on August 28th, 1589

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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 1413

The University of St Andrews, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world, was founded when Antipope Benedict XIII issued a papal bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy.

August 28th, 1916

A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured).

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same year
Born in 1589

26

August of Saxony

German prince (1589-1615)

*September 7th, 1589, Dresden †December 26th, 1615, Naumburg

40

Elisabeth Sophia of Brandenburg

Duchess born in Berlin

*July 4th, 1589, Berlin †December 24th, 1629, Frankfurt (Oder)

70

Giovanni Pesaro

Doge of Venice (1589-1659)

*September 1st, 1589, Venice †September 30th, 1659, Venice

63

John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg

Father of King Charles X of Sweden

*May 20th, 1589, Zweibrücken †June 18th, 1652, Stegeborg Castle

45

Jan Stanisław Sapieha

Grand Hetman of Lithuania

*October 25th, 1589, Maladzyechna †April 10th, 1635, Liachavičy

64

Daniel Stahl

German philosopher (1589-1654)

*September 28th, 1589, Hammelburg †May 17th, 1654, Jena

76

Baltasar Moscoso y Sandoval

Spanish archbishop and priest

*March 9th, 1589, Galicia †September 17th, 1665, Madrid

32

Sophie Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau

(1589-1622)

*February 10th, 1589, Dessau †February 9th, 1622, Legnica

35

Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset

Son of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset (1589-1624)

*March 28th, 1589, London †March 28th, 1624, London

84

Jacob de Witt

Mayor of Dordrecht (1589-1674)

*February 7th, 1589, Dordrecht †January 10th, 1674, Dordrecht

87

Gisbertus Voetius

Dutch theologian (1589-1676)

*March 3rd, 1589, Heusden †November 1st, 1676, Utrecht

85

Robert Arnauld d'Andilly

French writer (1589-1674)

*May 28th, 1589, Paris †September 27th, 1674, Port-Royal-des-Champs

68

Otto, Count of Lippe-Brake

Count of Lippe-Brake

*September 21st, 1589, Detmold †November 18th, 1657, Blomberg

70

Antonius Aemilius

German author and historian (1589-1660)

*December 20th, 1589, Aachen †November 12th, 1660, Utrecht

80

Esteban Manuel de Villegas

Spanish poet (1589-1669)

*February 5th, 1589, La Rioja †September 3rd, 1669

64

Alexander Ross

Scottish writer and controversialist

*November 30th, 1589, Aberdeen †February 24th, 1654, Bramshill

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1589 is a normal year and no leap year.

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