August 28th, 1659

Born on August 28th, 1659

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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens 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 first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

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; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, 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

In tennis, 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.

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, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged 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.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

65

Maria Aurora von Königsmarck

Swedish noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction

*August 28th, 1662, Schloss Agathenburg †February 16th, 1728, Quedlinburg

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36

Henry Purcell

English composer (1659–1695)

*September 10th, 1659, Westminster †November 21st, 1695, Westminster

84

Hyacinthe Rigaud

French painter (1659-1743)

*July 18th, 1659, Perpignan †December 29th, 1743, Paris

49

David Gregory

Scottish astronomer and mathematician (1659-1708)

*June 3rd, 1659, Aberdeen †October 10th, 1708, Maidenhead

65

William Wollaston

English philosopher (1659-1724)

*March 26th, 1659, Staffordshire †October 29th, 1724, London

19

Christiane of Saxe-Merseburg

(1659-1679)

*June 1st, 1659, Merseburg †March 13th, 1679, Eisenberg

55

Charles Ancillon

French jurist/diplomat

*July 28th, 1659, Metz †July 5th, 1715, Berlin

69

Jakob Roggeveen

Dutch Pacific Ocean explorer

*February 1st, 1659, Middelburg †January 31st, 1729, Middelburg

74

Sebastiano Ricci

Italian painter (1659–1734)

*August 1st, 1659, Belluno †May 15th, 1734, Venice

36

Henry Every

English captain and pirate

*August 23rd, 1659, Newton Ferrers †November 30th, 1695, Devon

41

Ferdinand Willem, Duke of Württemberg-Neuenstadt

Dutch general and noble (1659-1701)

*September 12th, 1659, Neuenstadt am Kocher †June 7th, 1701, Sluis

56

Sebastián Durón

Spanish composer (1660-1716)

*November 30th, 1659, Spain †August 3rd, 1716, Cambo-les-Bains

42

Royal Consort Huibin Jang

Royal consort (1659-1701)

*September 19th, 1659, Eunpyeong District †October 10th, 1701, Changgyeonggung

66

Franz Beer

Austrian architect (1659/1660-1726)

*July 3rd, 1659, Au †January 19th, 1726, Bezau

71

Sofia Elisabet Weber

Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salon hostess (1659-1730)

*April 29th, 1659, Stockholm †September 14th, 1730, Stockholm

72

Johann Jänichen

German teacher

*September 29th, 1659, Kamenz †October 10th, 1731, Halle (Saale)

74

Andrea Fantoni

Italian artist (1659-1734)

*August 26th, 1659, Rovetta †July 25th, 1734, Bergamo

38

Sophie Wilhelmine von Ostfriesland

Peerage person ID=6434

*October 17th, 1659, Aurich †February 4th, 1698, Bierutów

59

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt

Swedish general

*April 15th, 1659, Copenhagen †February 12th, 1719, Moscow

79

Francesco Galli Bibiena

Italian architect (1659-1739)

*December 12th, 1659, Bologna †January 20th, 1739, Bologna

60

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Samurai (1659-1719)

*June 11th, 1659, Saga †November 30th, 1719, Saga Domain

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No: With 365 days 1659 is a normal year and no leap year.

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