August 28th, 1614

Born on August 28th, 1614

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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 1614

58

John Wilkins

Secretary of the Royal Society and Bishop of Chester

*February 14th, 1614, Fawsley †November 19th, 1672, London

77

Marc'Antonio Pasqualini

Italian opera singer and composer (1614-1691)

*April 25th, 1614, Rome †July 3rd, 1691, Rome

76

Hieronymus van Beverningh

Dutch diplomat and politician (1614-1690)

*April 25th, 1614, Gouda †October 30th, 1690, Warmond

66

Martin Geier

German theologian

*April 24th, 1614, Leipzig †September 12th, 1680, Freiberg

58

Franciscus Sylvius

Physician and chemist of Leyden, Netherlands

*March 15th, 1614, Hanau †November 19th, 1672, Leiden

71

Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey

Anglo-Irish royalist statesman who served as Lord Privy Seal 1673–1682

*July 10th, 1614, Dublin †April 6th, 1686, London

65

Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels

Administrator of the archbishopric of Magdeburg (1614-1680)

*August 13th, 1614, Dresden †June 4th, 1680, Halle (Saale)

48

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Austrian archduke (1614-1662)

*January 5th, 1614, Wiener Neustadt †November 20th, 1662, Vienna

72

Henry More

English philosopher (1614–1687)

*October 12th, 1614, Grantham †September 1st, 1687, Cambridge

67

Jahanara Begum

Padshah Begum and Mughal Princess (1614-1681)

*April 2nd, 1614, Agra †September 16th, 1681, Delhi

59

Helena Fourment

Second wife of Peter Paul Rubens (1614-1673)

*April 11th, 1614, Antwerp †July 15th, 1673, City of Brussels

46

Martino Martini

Italian Jesuit missionary, cartographer and historian (1614-1661)

*September 20th, 1614, Trento †June 6th, 1661, Hangzhou

50

Henry II of Lorraine, Duke of Guise

Duke of Guise

*April 4th, 1614, Paris †June 2nd, 1664, Paris

59

Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1614-1674)

*December 16th, 1614, Stuttgart †July 2nd, 1674, Stuttgart

71

Gustaf Otto Stenbock

Swedish politician (1614-1685)

*September 7th, 1614, Länghems församling †September 24th, 1685, Stockholm

85

Sigmund von Erlach

Swiss politician (1614-1699)

*October 3rd, 1614, Bern †December 7th, 1699

52

Sebastián Martínez

Spanish baroque painter (c.1615-1667)

*November 30th, 1614, Jaén †October 13th, 1667, Madrid

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1614 is a normal year and no leap year.

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