August 28th, 1762

Born on August 28th, 1762

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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 1762

51

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

German philosopher (1762–1814)

*May 19th, 1762, Rammenau †January 27th, 1814, Berlin

80

Constanze Mozart

Austrian singer

*January 5th, 1762, Zell im Wiesental †March 6th, 1842, Salzburg

49

Spencer Perceval

19th-century prime minister of the United Kingdom (1762–1812)

*November 1st, 1762, Mayfair †May 11th, 1812, Palace of Westminster

57

Gia Long

Founder and 1st emperor of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam (r. 1802-04)

*February 8th, 1762, Huế †February 3rd, 1820, Huế

82

Edmund Ignatius Rice

Founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

*June 1st, 1762, Callan †August 29th, 1844, Waterford

62

Lachlan Macquarie

Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824)

*January 31st, 1762, Ulva †July 1st, 1824, London

82

Georg Friedrich Benecke

German philologist and professor

*June 10th, 1762, Mönchsroth †August 21st, 1844, Göttingen

40

Heinrich Harries

German Protestant pastor

*September 9th, 1762, Flensburg †September 28th, 1802, Brügge

52

Giovanni Battista Monteggia

Italian surgeon (1762-1815)

*August 8th, 1762, Laveno-Mombello †January 17th, 1815, Pavia

64

Victor Hugues

French colonial governor

*July 21st, 1762, Marseille †August 12th, 1826, Cayenne

64

Pierre-Édouard Lémontey

French historian, lawyer and politician (1762-1826)

*January 14th, 1762, Lyon †June 26th, 1826, Paris

91

Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine

French architect (1762-1853)

*September 20th, 1762, Pontoise †October 10th, 1853, former 8th arrondissement of Paris

61

Theodorus Frederik van Capellen

Dutch admiral

*September 6th, 1762, Nijmegen †April 15th, 1824, Brussels metropolitan area

67

Marcos Portugal

Portuguese classical composer

*March 24th, 1762, Lisbon †February 17th, 1830, Rio de Janeiro

52

Hermenegildo Galeana

Mexican war hero. Tecpan, 1762 - El Salitral, Coyuca, 1814

*April 13th, 1762, Técpan de Galeana †June 27th, 1814, Coyuca de Benítez

55

Herman Willem Daendels

Dutch politician (1762–1818)

*October 21st, 1762, Hattem †May 2nd, 1818, Elmina

29

Jacob Johan Anckarström

Assassin of Gustav III, military captain

*May 11th, 1762, Roslagen †April 27th, 1792, Stockholm

80

Jérôme-Joseph de Momigny

Belgian composer (1762-1842)

*January 20th, 1762, Philippeville †August 25th, 1842, Saint-Maurice

61

Pierre Flaust

French politician

*October 19th, 1762, Rouen †February 20th, 1824, Saint-Sever-Calvados

54

Theroigne de Mericourt

French revolutionary (1762-1817)

*August 13th, 1762, Marcourt †June 8th, 1817, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1762 is a normal year and no leap year.

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