August 28th, 1715

Born on August 28th, 1715

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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 1715

44

Ewald Christian von Kleist

German poet and noble

*March 7th, 1715, Cybulino, Koszalin County †August 24th, 1759, Frankfurt (Oder)

14

Peter II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1715-1730)

*October 12th, 1715, Saint Petersburg †January 19th, 1730, Moscow

56

Claude Adrien Helvétius

French philosopher; (1715-1771)

*January 26th, 1715, rue Sainte-Anne †December 26th, 1771, Paris

70

Jean-Étienne Guettard

French scientist (1715-1786)

*September 19th, 1715, Étampes †January 7th, 1786, Paris

72

William Watson

English physician and scientist (1715–1787)

*April 3rd, 1715, London †May 10th, 1787, London

54

Christian Fürchtegott Gellert

German poet

*July 4th, 1715, Hainichen †December 13th, 1769, Leipzig

47

Karl Friedrich Hundertmark

German author; (1715-1762)

*April 11th, 1715, Zeitz †May 8th, 1762, Leipzig

45

Anna Nitschmann

Moravian Brethren missionary and poet

*January 1st, 1715, Kunín †January 1st, 1760, Herrnhut

70

Ignaz Parhamer

Austrian educationist (1715-1786)

*June 15th, 1715, Schwanenstadt †April 1st, 1786, Vienna

71

Seneca Inggersen

German pharmacist (1715-1786)

*March 23rd, 1715, Langenhorn †December 28th, 1786, The Hague

90

John Alcock

English organist and composer (1715–1806)

*April 11th, 1715, London †February 23rd, 1806, Lichfield

85

Aignan-Thomas Desfriches

French draughtsperson

*March 7th, 1715, Orléans †December 25th, 1800, Orléans

60

Christian August Crusius

German philosopher (1715-1775)

*January 10th, 1715, Leuna †October 18th, 1775, Leipzig

63

Pedro de Cevallos

Spanish military governor (1715-1778)

*June 29th, 1715, Cádiz †December 26th, 1778, Córdoba

73

Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras

French politician and diplomat

*December 19th, 1715, Paris †September 6th, 1789, Versailles

79

François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis

Catholic cardinal (1715-1794)

*May 22nd, 1715, Saint-Marcel-d'Ardèche †November 3rd, 1794, Rome

79

Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost

German physician

*November 27th, 1715, Rosperwenda †December 2nd, 1794, Duisburg

81

Johann Friedrich Doles

German composer

*April 23rd, 1715, Steinbach-Hallenberg †February 8th, 1797, Leipzig

71

Antonio Casali

Italian cardinal (1715-1787)

*May 25th, 1715, Rome †January 14th, 1787, Rome

75

Charles-Nicolas Cochin

French artist (1715-1790)

*February 22nd, 1715, Paris †April 29th, 1790, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1715 is a normal year and no leap year.

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