August 29th, 1728

Born on August 29th, 1728

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What happened on August 29th, 1728?

August 29th, 1728

The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

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What else happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 1914

Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 29th

Same year
Born in 1728

50

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

34

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

49

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

78

Shah Alam II

16th Mughal Emperor from 1760 to 1806

*June 25th, 1728, Old Delhi †November 19th, 1806, Delhi

80

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

82

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

56

Stanislaus Czerniewicz

Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus (1728–1785)

*August 15th, 1728, Kaunas †July 7th, 1785, Stajki

56

Paolo Frisi

Italian mathematician and astronomer (1728-1784)

*April 13th, 1728, Melegnano †November 22nd, 1784, Milan

63

Jacob Vernes

Genevan Protestant minister

*May 31st, 1728, Geneva †October 22nd, 1791, Geneva

76

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Austrian scientist (1728-1805)

*November 5th, 1728, Belgrade †March 17th, 1805, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

72

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

Italian physician, surgeon, pathologist (1728-1800)

*April 15th, 1728, San Zenone al Po †July 30th, 1800, Padua

36

Christian Braunmann Tullin

Norwegian poet (1728-1765)

*September 6th, 1728, Christiania †January 21st, 1765, Christiania

62

Georg Christian Oeder

German-Danish botanist (1728-1791)

*February 3rd, 1728, Ansbach †January 28th, 1791, Oldenburg

72

Pierre Gaviniès

French violin maker, violinist and composer

*May 11th, 1728, Bordeaux †September 8th, 1800, Paris

81

Chevalier d'Éon

French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England.

*October 5th, 1728, Tonnerre †May 21st, 1810, London

50

Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and abbess of Gandersheim Abbey

*June 4th, 1728, Wolfenbüttel †June 26th, 1778, Gandersheim Abbey

65

Richard Mique

French architect

*September 18th, 1728, Nancy †July 8th, 1794, Paris

54

Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner

German writer, civil servant and opinion journalist

*October 17th, 1728, Traunstein †June 4th, 1783, Munich

80

José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca

Spanish lawyer and civil servant (1728-1808)

*October 21st, 1728, Murcia †December 30th, 1808, Seville

75

Carlo Allioni

Italian physician and professor of botany (1728-1804)

*September 3rd, 1728, Turin †July 30th, 1804, Turin

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Leap year

Yes: 1728 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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