March 28th, 1787

Born on March 28th, 1787

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What 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.

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 (bust pictured) and sold the imperial office in an auction to Didius Julianus.

March 28th, 1963

Civil rights movement: Over one hundred high school students conducted a sit-in protest in Rome, Georgia.

March 28th, 2025

A magnitude-7.7 earthquake killed more than 5,000 people in Myanmar and Thailand.

March 28th, 1968

Colonel Sun, written by Kingsley Amis, was published, becoming the first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in 1964.

March 28th, 1646

Irish Confederate Wars: Donough MacCarty, 1st Earl of Clancarty, signed the First Ormond Peace for the Confederates in exchange for greater freedom of religion.

March 28th, 1935

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

March 28th, 2016

American Dad! aired it's critically acclaimed two-hundredth episode.

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.

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

Born on March 28th, 1787

34

Claudius James Rich

British business agent, traveller and antiquarian (1787-1821)

*March 28th, 1787, Dijon †October 5th, 1821, Shiraz

70

Wenzel Scholz

Austrian actor (1787-1857)

*March 28th, 1787, Innsbruck †October 5th, 1857, Vienna

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63

Louis Daguerre

French photographer, inventor of Daguerrotype (1787–1851)

*November 18th, 1787, Cormeilles-en-Parisis †July 10th, 1851, Bry-sur-Marne

84

Michele Carafa

Italian opera composer

*November 17th, 1787, Naples †July 26th, 1872, Paris

39

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Bavarian physicist and optical lens manufacturer

*March 6th, 1787, Straubing †June 7th, 1826, Munich

81

Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Czech biologist, physiologist, doctor, inventor and politician (1787–1869)

*December 17th, 1787, Libochovice †July 28th, 1869, Prague

64

Nangklao

Third king of Siam of the Chakri Dynasty

*March 31st, 1787, Grand Palace †April 2nd, 1851, Bangkok

44

Rasmus Rask

Danish linguist

*November 22nd, 1787, Brændekilde †November 14th, 1832, Copenhagen

69

Jakob Friedrich Binder

German assessor and politician (1787-1856)

*April 25th, 1787, Oberferrieden †December 26th, 1856, Nuremberg

77

Christian Ludwig Brehm

German pastor and ornithologist (1787-1864)

*January 24th, 1787, Schönau vor dem Walde †June 23rd, 1864, Renthendorf

87

Guillaume Henri Dufour

Swiss army officer, bridge engineer and topographer (1787-1875)

*September 15th, 1787, Constance †July 14th, 1875, Eaux-Vives

79

Adolf Martin Pleischl

Austrian chemist (1787-1867)

*October 10th, 1787, Horní Planá †July 31st, 1867, Dorf an der Enns

75

John J. Crittenden

U.S. Attorney General and politician from Kentucky (1787-1863)

*September 10th, 1787, Versailles †July 26th, 1863, Frankfort

63

Alexander Alyabyev

Russian composer

*August 4th, 1787, Tobolsk †February 22nd, 1851, Moscow

67

John Davis

Massachusetts congressman and governor (1787-1854)

*January 13th, 1787, Northborough †April 19th, 1854, Worcester

39

Friedrich Krupp

German entrepreneur

*July 17th, 1787, Essen †October 8th, 1826, Essen

73

Leopold von Rauch

(1787-1860)

*February 27th, 1787, Königsberg †November 26th, 1860, Třebívlice

75

Heinrich Adam

German painter (1787–1862)

*January 1st, 1787, Nördlingen †January 1st, 1862, Munich

82

Louis Jacques Maurice de Bonald

Catholic cardinal (1787-1870)

*October 30th, 1787, Millau †February 23rd, 1870, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

66

Carl Carl

Austrian actor (1787-1854)

*November 7th, 1787, Kraków †August 14th, 1854, Bad Ischl

51

Johannes Christiaan Schotel

19th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1787-1838)

*November 11th, 1787, Dordrecht †December 21st, 1838, Dordrecht

36

Pierre Antoine Delalande

French naturalist, with the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, was sent 1818 to South Africa in order to find animals and plants at the Cape of Good Hope, returned to France 1820 bringing 800-900 living plants.

*March 27th, 1787, Versailles †June 27th, 1823, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1787 is a normal year and no leap year.

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