May 28th, 1760

Born on May 28th, 1760

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

Born on May 28th, 1760

34

Alexandre de Beauharnais

French general; president of the National Constituent Assembly in 1791

*May 28th, 1760, Fort-de-France †July 23rd, 1794, Paris

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36

François-Noël Babeuf

French political agitator and journalist (1760-1797)

*November 23rd, 1760, Saint-Quentin †May 27th, 1797, Vendôme

64

Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon

French early socialist theorist (1760-1825)

*October 17th, 1760, Paris †May 19th, 1825, Paris

81

Luigi Cherubini

Italian Classical and Romantic composer (1760–1842)

*September 14th, 1760, Florence †March 15th, 1842, Paris

59

Jiaqing Emperor

Chinese emperor (1760-1820) of the Qing dynasty

*November 13th, 1760, Old Summer Palace †September 2nd, 1820, Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples

73

Landolin Ohmacht

German sculptor

*November 11th, 1760, Dunningen †March 31st, 1834, Strasbourg

82

Auguste Vestris

French dancer (1760-1842)

*March 27th, 1760, Paris †December 5th, 1842, Paris

77

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway

Painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France (1760-1838)

*June 11th, 1760, Florence †January 5th, 1838, Lodi

73

Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt

German chemist and pharmacist

*April 24th, 1760, Erfurt †October 22nd, 1833, Berlin

38

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren

German chemist

*May 1st, 1760, Bernburg †November 26th, 1798, Halle (Saale)

62

Franz Bühler

German composer (1760-1823)

*April 12th, 1760, Unterschneidheim †February 4th, 1823, Augsburg

37

Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars

French naval officer

*August 31st, 1760, Saumur †August 1st, 1798, Abu Qir

65

Domenico Pino

Italian General in Napoleon’s Grande Armée

*September 8th, 1760, Milan †March 29th, 1826, Cernobbio

72

Dora Stock

German artist (1760–1832)

*March 6th, 1760, Nuremberg †March 30th, 1832, Berlin

32

Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau

French politician (1760-1793)

*May 29th, 1760, Paris †January 21st, 1793, Paris

89

Joseph Plumb Martin

American revolutionary war soldier; farmer; public official

*November 21st, 1760, Becket †May 2nd, 1850, Stockton Springs

46

Louis Léonard Antoine de Colli-Ricci

Italian general (1760-1806)

*March 23rd, 1760, Alessandria †March 31st, 1806, Alessandria

78

Amaury Duval

French lawyer, historian and diplomat (1760-1838)

*January 28th, 1760, Rennes †November 12th, 1838, Paris

40

Charles-Albert Demoustier

French writer

*March 13th, 1760, Villers-Cotterêts †March 2nd, 1801, Paris

93

Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich

German classical philologist

*September 20th, 1760, Weißensee †January 6th, 1854, Göttingen

31

Frederik Sneedorff

Danish historian

*September 1st, 1760, Sorø †June 15th, 1792, Cumbria

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Leap year

Yes: 1760 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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