August 28th, 1707

Born on August 28th, 1707

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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

Born on August 28th, 1707

85

Anton Peter Příchovský von Příchovice

Roman-Catholic archbishop (1707-1793)

*August 28th, 1707, Svojšín †April 14th, 1793, Prague

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Born in 1707

70

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)

*May 23rd, 1707, Råshult †January 10th, 1778, Linnaeus Hammarby

76

Leonhard Euler

Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

*April 15th, 1707, Basel †September 18th, 1783, Saint Petersburg

86

Carlo Goldoni

Italian playwright (1707-1793)

*February 25th, 1707, Venice †February 6th, 1794, Paris

44

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Heir apparent to the British throne from 1727 until his death

*January 31st, 1707, Hanover †March 20th, 1751, Leicester House

16

Léopold Clément of Lorraine

Heir apparent to the throne of the sovereign Duchy of Lorraine

*April 25th, 1707, Lunéville †June 4th, 1723, Lunéville

49

Johann Joseph von Trautson

(1707-1757) Austrian cardinal

*July 17th, 1707, Vienna †March 10th, 1757, Vienna

83

Johann Gottfried Hermann

German theologian (1707-1791)

*October 12th, 1707, Altjeßnitz †July 30th, 1791, Dresden

71

Johannes Burman

Dutch botanist

*April 26th, 1707, Amsterdam †January 20th, 1779, Amsterdam

50

Barbara Helena Preissler

German painter

*June 12th, 1707, Nuremberg †November 30th, 1757, Brunswick

70

Carl Günther Ludovici

German writer

*August 7th, 1707, Leipzig †July 5th, 1778, Leipzig

75

Wilhelm Anton von der Asseburg

Prince-bishop of Paderborn (1707-1782)

*February 16th, 1707, Brakel †December 26th, 1782, Paderborn

61

Francesco Fontebasso

Italian painter (1707-1769)

*October 4th, 1707, Venice †May 31st, 1769, Venice

75

Francisco Salzillo

Spanish artist

*May 12th, 1707, Murcia †March 2nd, 1783, Murcia

40

Johann Friedrich Crell

German physician and educationist

*January 6th, 1707, Leipzig †May 19th, 1747, Helmstedt

81

Ferdinand Jakob Baier

German physician (1707-1788)

*February 13th, 1707, Altdorf bei Nürnberg †October 23rd, 1788, Ansbach

68

Vincenzo Riccati

Italian mathematician and physicist (1707-1775)

*January 11th, 1707, Castelfranco Veneto †January 17th, 1775, Treviso

73

Johan Ihre

Swedish philologist (1707-1780)

*March 3rd, 1707, Lund Cathedral parish †December 1st, 1780, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

86

Bernardino Galliari

Italian painter (1707-1794)

*November 3rd, 1707, Andorno Micca †January 1st, 1794, Andorno Micca

74

Johann August Ernesti

German theologian

*August 4th, 1707, Bad Tennstedt †September 11th, 1781, Leipzig

54

Pietro Rotari

Italian painter of Baroque period (1707–1762)

*September 30th, 1707, Verona †August 31st, 1762, Saint Petersburg

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No: With 365 days 1707 is a normal year and no leap year.

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