May 28th, 1736

Born on May 28th, 1736

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on May 28th?

May 28th, 1901

Mozaffar ad-Din (pictured), Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil in the country to William Knox D'Arcy.

May 28th, 1982

Falklands War: The British War Cabinet, which never considered using nuclear weapons in the conflict, ordered that the nuclear depth bombs on British ships return home.

May 28th, 2002

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

May 28th, 1998

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons.

May 28th, 1987

Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.

May 28th, 1940

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

May 28th, 1937

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands".

May 28th, 1892

Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

May 28th, 1830

U.S. president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

May 28th, 1754

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.

May 28th, 1644

English Civil War: Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton, leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

May 28th, 1608

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.

May 28th, 0621

Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

May 28th, 2017

Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

May 28th, 2016

Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.

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

Same year
Born in 1736

83

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

*January 19th, 1736, Greenock †August 25th, 1819, Heathfield Hall

77

Joseph-Louis Lagrange

Mathematician and astronomer (1736–1813)

*January 25th, 1736, Turin †April 10th, 1813, Paris

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Campbell County

70

Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

French physicist

*June 14th, 1736, Angoulême †August 23rd, 1806, Paris

76

Petrus Abresch

Dutch author, theologian and university professor

*January 26th, 1736, Middelburg †December 11th, 1812, Groningen

59

James Macpherson

British writer, poet, translator and politician (1736-1796)

*October 27th, 1736, Ruthven †February 17th, 1796, Inverness-shire

81

Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé

French noble (1736-1818)

*August 9th, 1736, Paris †May 13th, 1818, Paris

81

Maria Maximiliana von Stadion

German abbot

*July 21st, 1736, Mainz †January 1st, 1818, Munich

92

Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier

French politician

*July 17th, 1736, Pamiers †December 14th, 1828, Brussels metropolitan area

76

Anton Graff

Swiss portrait artist (1736–1813)

*November 18th, 1736, Winterthur †June 22nd, 1813, Dresden

65

George Fordyce

British chemist (1736-1802)

*November 18th, 1736, Aberdeen †May 25th, 1802, London

57

James Mercer

American soldier, jurist and political figure

*February 26th, 1736, Stafford County †October 31st, 1793, Richmond

56

Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German natural history collector and Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*June 7th, 1736, Rudolstadt †April 13th, 1793, Rudolstadt

48

Ann Lee

English Shaker leader (1736-1784)

*February 29th, 1736, Manchester †September 8th, 1784, Watervliet

75

Dorothea Wendling

German operatic soprano

*March 21st, 1736, Stuttgart †August 20th, 1811, Munich

70

Claude Nicolas Ledoux

French Neoclassical architect (1736-1806)

*March 21st, 1736, Dormans †November 19th, 1806, Paris

43

Helfrich Peter Sturz

German author (1736-1779)

*February 16th, 1736, Darmstadt †November 12th, 1779, Bremen

80

Izabela Lubomirska

Polish princess and art collector (1736-1816)

*May 21st, 1736, Warsaw †November 25th, 1816, Vienna

64

Leopold von Clary und Aldringen

(1736-1800)

*January 2nd, 1736, Malá Strana †November 23rd, 1800, Vienna

62

Charles-Joseph Panckoucke

French writer and publisher

*November 26th, 1736, Lille †December 19th, 1798, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1736 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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