March 28th, 1776

Born on March 28th, 1776

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 28th, 1776?

March 28th, 1776

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Bautista_de_Anza

What else happened on March 28th?

March 28th, 1979

British prime minister James Callaghan was defeated by one vote in a vote of no confidence after his government struggled to cope with widespread strikes during the Winter of Discontent.

March 28th, 1946

The US Department of State released the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, a proposal for the international control of nuclear weapons.

March 28th, 1942

Second World War: The port of Saint-Nazaire in German-occupied France was disabled by British naval forces (ship pictured).

March 28th, 1933

After an on-board fire that may have been the first incident of airliner sabotage, the Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool broke apart in mid-air, killing fifteen people.

March 28th, 1918

World War I: British and Australian troops defeated German forces at the First Battle of Dernancourt in northern France.

March 28th, 1842

The Vienna Philharmonic (pictured) held its first concert, conducted by Otto Nicolai.

March 28th, 1802

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Pallas, the second asteroid to be identified, but at the time considered to be a planet.

March 28th, 0193

The Praetorian Guard assassinated Roman emperor Pertinax and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus (coin pictured).

March 28th, 1935

The Nazi propaganda film Triumph of the Will, directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin.

March 28th, 2015

A siege of a hotel in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab militants, which began the previous day and killed at least 20 people, ended with the Somali Armed Forces recapturing the premises.

March 28th, 2003

Invasion of Iraq: In a friendly fire incident, two members of the United States Air Force attacked the United Kingdom's Blues and Royals regiment, killing one soldier and injuring five.

March 28th, 1999

Kosovo War: Serbian police and special forces killed around 93 Kosovo Albanians in the village of Izbica.

March 28th, 1997

In the Tragedy of Otranto, the Italian Navy vessel Sibilla collided with the Albanian civilian vessel Kateri i Radës, causing the latter to sink and leading to dozens of deaths.

March 28th, 2006

At least one million union members, students and unemployed take to the streets in France in protest at the government's proposed First Employment Contract law.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 28th?

38

Lady Gaga

American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1986)

*March 28th, 1986, Lenox Hill Hospital

76

Rolf Zacher

German actor (1941–2018)

*March 28th, 1941, Berlin †February 3rd, 2018, Hamburg

76

Wilhelm Pfeil

German forestry scientist

*March 28th, 1783, Friesdorf †September 4th, 1859, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój

37

Vaidas Baumila

Lithuanian singer

*March 28th, 1987, Vilnius

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

57

Kai Abraham

Badminton player

*March 28th, 1967, East Berlin

86

Arthur Dale Trendall

Australian classical archaeologist (1909-1995)

*March 28th, 1909, Auckland †November 13th, 1995, Melbourne

70

Henri Gatien Bertrand

French general (1773-1844)

*March 28th, 1773, Châteauroux †January 31st, 1844, Châteauroux

88

Mario Vargas Llosa

Peruvian novelist and writer

*March 28th, 1936, Arequipa

24

Aleyna Tilki

Turkish singer

*March 28th, 2000, Konya

69

Reba McEntire

American country singer

*March 28th, 1955, McAlester

39

Steve Mandanda

French and DR Congolese association football player

*March 28th, 1985, Kinshasa

75

Leslie Valiant

British computer scientist

*March 28th, 1949, Budapest

75

Michael W. Young

American geneticist, chronobiologist

*March 28th, 1949, Miami

76

Paul Whiteman

American jazz musician and popular bandleader (1890–1967)

*March 28th, 1891, Denver †December 29th, 1967, Doylestown

37

Jonathan Van Ness

American hairstylist and TV personality (born 1987)

*March 28th, 1987, Quincy

66

Francisco de Miranda

Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816)

*March 28th, 1750, Caracas †July 14th, 1816, Cádiz

69

Aristide Briand

Politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France (1862-1932)

*March 28th, 1862, Nantes †March 7th, 1932, Paris

33

Lukas Hinterseer

Austrian footballer

*March 28th, 1991, Kitzbühel

39

Stan Wawrinka

Swiss tennis player

*March 28th, 1985, Lausanne

Same year
Born in 1776

55

Sophie Germain

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

*April 1st, 1776, Paris †June 27th, 1831, Paris

79

Amedeo Avogadro

Italian scientist

*August 9th, 1776, Turin †July 9th, 1856, Turin

46

E. T. A. Hoffmann

German Romantic author (1776-1822)

*January 24th, 1776, Königsberg †June 25th, 1822, Berlin

54

Barthold Georg Niebuhr

Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)

*August 27th, 1776, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 1831, Bonn

60

John Constable

English painter (1776-1837)

*June 11th, 1776, East Bergholt †March 31st, 1837, Charlotte Street

248

Vani Hari

American blogger

*March 22nd, 1776, Charlotte

33

Johann Wilhelm Ritter

German chemist, physicist and philosopher

*December 16th, 1776, Zamienice †January 23rd, 1810, Munich

70

Henri Dutrochet

French physician (1776-1847)

*November 14th, 1776, Poitou †February 4th, 1847, Paris

76

Mary Anne Clarke

English courtesan and diarist

*April 3rd, 1776, London †June 21st, 1852, Paris

90

George Thomas Smart

English musician (1776-1867)

*May 10th, 1776, London †February 23rd, 1867, London

84

Christian Friedrich Brendel

German miner (1776-1861)

*December 26th, 1776, Neustädtel †November 20th, 1861, Freiberg

34

Nikolay Kamensky

Russian officer

*December 27th, 1776, Russian Empire †May 4th, 1811, Odesa

76

Bernardino Drovetti

Italian diplomat, explorer and scholar

*January 4th, 1776, Barbania †March 9th, 1852, Turin

74

Jean-Pierre Boyer

2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)

*February 15th, 1776, Port-au-Prince †July 9th, 1850, Paris

65

Eusebio Bardají y Azara

Prime Minister of Spain (1776-1842)

*December 19th, 1776, Graus †March 7th, 1842, Huete

94

Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg

Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1776-1871)

*November 28th, 1776, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †April 1st, 1871, Ludwigslust

66

Johann Diederich Gries

German poet and translator

*February 7th, 1776, Hamburg †February 9th, 1842, Hamburg

62

Mariano Lagasca

Spanish doctor, writer and botanist (1776-1839)

*October 4th, 1776, Encinacorba †June 23rd, 1839, Barcelona

71

John Walter

British newspaperman and politician (1776-1847)

*February 23rd, 1776, London †July 28th, 1847, London

58

Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy

German banker; father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy

*December 10th, 1776, Berlin †November 19th, 1835, Berlin

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Leap year

Yes: 1776 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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