August 28th, 1735

Born on August 28th, 1735

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1735

61

Andreas Peter Bernstorff

Danish politician (1735-1797)

*August 28th, 1735, Hanover †June 21st, 1797, Copenhagen

Same year
Born in 1735

90

John Adams

President of the United States from 1797 to 1801

*October 30th, 1735, Braintree †July 4th, 1826, Quincy

46

Johann Christian Bach

German composer (1735–1782)

*September 5th, 1735, Leipzig †January 1st, 1782, London

61

Juliane Charlotte Friederike Grimm

(1735-1796)

*August 3rd, 1735, Hanau †December 18th, 1796, Steinau an der Straße

83

Paul Revere

American silversmith and Patriot in the American Revolution

*January 1st, 1735, Boston †May 10th, 1818, Boston

85

François Christophe de Kellermann

French soldier (1735-1820)

*May 28th, 1735, Strasbourg †September 23rd, 1820, Paris

65

Carl Christoph von Hoffmann

German Geheimrat (1735-1801)

*August 6th, 1735, Powidzko †January 9th, 1801, Berlin

69

Franziskus Herzan von Harras

Czech cardinal

*April 5th, 1735, Prague †June 1st, 1804, Vienna

56

George Plater

American politician (1735-1792)

*November 8th, 1735, Sotterley †February 10th, 1792, Annapolis

52

Anton Schweitzer

German composer (1735-1787)

*June 6th, 1735, Coburg †November 23rd, 1787, Gotha

71

Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond

British politician and army officer (1735-1806)

*February 22nd, 1735, London †December 29th, 1806, Goodwood House

57

Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

German composer

*February 25th, 1735, Grossenbehringen †December 1st, 1792, Weimar

84

Ursula Wolf-Zellweger

Schweizer Mäzenin (1735-1820)

*July 20th, 1735, Lyon †May 11th, 1820, Trogen

56

Isaac Low

American politician (1735-1791)

*April 13th, 1735, Piscataway †July 25th, 1791, Isle of Wight

68

Christoph Andreae

German entrepreneur

*September 8th, 1735, Mülheim †August 3rd, 1804, Mülheim

79

Blasius Hueber

(1735-1814)

*February 1st, 1735, Tyrol †April 4th, 1814, Inzing

79

Jean Pierre Erman

German historian

*March 1st, 1735, Berlin †August 11th, 1814, Berlin

63

Caspar Frederik Harsdorff

Danish architect (1735-1799)

*May 26th, 1735, Copenhagen †May 24th, 1799, Copenhagen

47

Princess Maria Christina of Saxony

Princess of Saxony and an Abbess

*February 12th, 1735, Warsaw †November 19th, 1782, Château de Brumath

69

Jacob Baden

Danish linguist

*May 4th, 1735, Vordingborg †July 5th, 1804, Copenhagen

55

Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

German princess (1735-1791)

*June 24th, 1735, Coburg †February 18th, 1791, Unterschwaningen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1735 is a normal year and no leap year.

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