August 28th, 1775

Born on August 28th, 1775

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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, 1775

43

Sophie Gail

French singer and composer

*August 28th, 1775, Paris †July 24th, 1819, Paris

Same year
Born in 1775

41

Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester

82

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

French entomologist (1775–1858)

*November 11th, 1775, Paris †March 27th, 1858, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

79

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

German philosopher (1775–1854)

*January 27th, 1775, Leonberg †August 20th, 1854, Bad Ragaz

65

Lucien Bonaparte

1st Prince of Canino and Musignano

*May 21st, 1775, Ajaccio †June 29th, 1840, Viterbo

59

Charles Lamb

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

*February 10th, 1775, London †December 27th, 1834, Edmonton

68

Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême

King of France, de iure, 1830-1830

*August 6th, 1775, Versailles †June 3rd, 1844, Gorizia

54

Carlota Joaquina of Spain

Spanish princess (1755-1830); became queen consort of Portugal (1816-1826)

*April 25th, 1775, Aranjuez †January 7th, 1830, Queluz

81

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

*February 9th, 1775, Buia †November 20th, 1856, Târgu Mureș

81

Eugène François Vidocq

French criminal and criminalist

*July 24th, 1775, Arras †May 11th, 1857, Paris

71

Daniel O'Connell

Irish political leader (1775–1847)

*August 6th, 1775, Cahersiveen †May 15th, 1847, Genoa

36

Étienne-Louis Malus

French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)

*July 23rd, 1775, Paris †February 24th, 1812, Paris

42

Matthew Gregory Lewis

English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

*July 9th, 1775, London †May 14th, 1818, Atlantic Ocean

58

François Adrien Boieldieu

French composer

*December 15th, 1775, Rouen †October 8th, 1834, Varennes-Jarcy

54

Jean Georg Haffner

Doctor

*September 20th, 1775, Colmar †April 20th, 1830, Gdańsk

39

María de la Consolación Azlor

The Countess of Bureta

*May 12th, 1775, Girona City †December 23rd, 1814, Zaragoza

76

Carl Franz Anton Ritter von Schreibers

Austro-Hungarian scientist (1775–1852)

*August 15th, 1775, Bratislava †May 21st, 1852, Vienna

72

Alberto Lista

Spanish poet (1775-1848)

*October 15th, 1775, Seville †October 5th, 1848, Seville

93

Antonio Bertoloni

Italian botanist (1775-1868)

*February 11th, 1775, Sarzana †April 17th, 1868, Bologna

73

Andreas Jordan

German politician (1775-1848)

*August 25th, 1775, Deidesheim †November 21st, 1848, Deidesheim

71

Ludovico Micara

Catholic cardinal

*October 12th, 1775, Frascati †May 24th, 1847, Rome

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1775 is a normal year and no leap year.

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