March 28th, 1628

Born on March 28th, 1628

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 28th?

March 28th, 1979

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.

March 28th, 1946

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

March 28th, 1942

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces.

March 28th, 1933

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

March 28th, 1918

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

March 28th, 1842

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

March 28th, 1802

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

March 28th, 0193

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax (bust pictured) and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus.

March 28th, 1963

Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conducted a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.

March 28th, 2025

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand.

March 28th, 1968

Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis, was published, becoming the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964.

March 28th, 1646

Irish Confederate Wars: Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, signed the First Ormond Peace for the Confederates in exchange for greater freedom of religion.

March 28th, 1935

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

March 28th, 2016

American Dad! aired it's critically acclaimed two-hundredth episode.

March 28th, 2015

A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.

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

Same year
Born in 1628

75

Charles Perrault

French author (1628-1703)

*January 12th, 1628, Paris †May 16th, 1703, Paris

66

Marcello Malpighi

Italian physician (1628-1694)

*March 10th, 1628, Crevalcore †November 29th, 1694, Rome

74

Dominique Bouhours

French literary critic

*May 15th, 1628, Paris †May 27th, 1702, Paris

91

Carlo Cignani

Italian painter (1628-1719)

*May 15th, 1628, Bologna †September 8th, 1719, Forlì

51

Guillaume Courtois

French painter of the Late Baroque (1628-1679)

*January 1st, 1628, Franche-Comté †June 15th, 1679, Rome

24

Marek Sobieski

Polish nobleman

*May 24th, 1628, Zolochiv †June 3rd, 1652, Chetvertinivka

78

Oswald Onghers

Flemish painter (1628-1706)

*October 5th, 1628, Mechelen †December 24th, 1706, Würzburg

86

Conrad von Rosen

French general of baltic origin

*September 29th, 1628, Livonia †August 3rd, 1715, Bollwiller

55

Johann Adam Schertzer

German theologian (1628-1683)

*August 1st, 1628, Cheb †December 23rd, 1683, Leipzig

55

Cornelis Speelman

Governor-general of the Dutch East Indies (1628-1684)

*March 2nd, 1628, Rotterdam †January 11th, 1684, Jakarta

81

Alvise II Mocenigo

Doge of Venice (1628-1709)

*January 3rd, 1628, Venice †May 6th, 1709, Venice

66

Claire-Clémence de Maillé-Brézé

French noble (1628-1694)

*February 25th, 1628, Brézé †April 16th, 1694, Châteauroux

56

Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Queen consort of Denmark and Norway

*March 24th, 1628, Herzberg am Harz †February 20th, 1685, Copenhagen

86

César d'Estrées

Catholic cardinal (1628-1714)

*February 5th, 1628, Paris †December 18th, 1714, Paris

51

Frans Burman

Dutch theologian (1628-1679)

*January 13th, 1628, Leiden †November 12th, 1679, Utrecht

86

Constantin Christian Dedekind

German poet, dramatist and composer

*April 2nd, 1628, Reinsdorf †January 1st, 1715, Dresden

86

Daniel Papebroch

Flemish Jesuit hagiographer (1628–1714)

*March 17th, 1628, Antwerp †June 28th, 1714, Antwerp

65

August Friedrich Mockel

German politician (1628-1694)

*December 2nd, 1628, Schwäbisch Hall †August 8th, 1694, Heilbronn

72

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

English Royalist soldier and statesman

*August 29th, 1628, Kilkhampton †August 22nd, 1701

72

Tokugawa Mitsukuni

Daimyo of the early Edo period; 2nd lord of Mito (1628-1701)

*July 11th, 1628, Mito †January 14th, 1701

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Leap year

Yes: 1628 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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