August 28th, 1826

Born on August 28th, 1826

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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 1826

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

*March 27th, 1826, Antwerp †November 8th, 1895, Leipzig

76

Julius von Ficker

German historian (1826–1902)

*April 30th, 1826, Paderborn †July 10th, 1902, Innsbruck

63

Carlo Collodi

Italian writer (1826-1890)

*November 24th, 1826, Florence †October 26th, 1890, Florence

94

Eugènie de Montijo

Consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1826–1920)

*May 5th, 1826, Granada †July 11th, 1920, Madrid

69

Joseph-Henri Altès

French composer and flautist

*January 18th, 1826, Rouen †July 24th, 1895, rue Oudinot

49

Benoît Rouquayrol

French inventor (1826-1875)

*June 13th, 1826, Espalion †November 14th, 1875, Rodez

64

Stefano Jacini

Italian statesman and economist (1826-1891)

*June 20th, 1826, Casalbuttano †March 25th, 1891, Milan

46

Carl XV of Sweden

King of Sweden and Norway (1859-1872)

*May 3rd, 1826, Stockholm †September 18th, 1872, Malmö

74

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist and political activist

*March 29th, 1826, Giessen †August 7th, 1900, Charlottenburg

76

Julia Grant

First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877

*January 26th, 1826, St. Louis †December 14th, 1902, Washington, D.C.

83

Stanislao Cannizzaro

Italian chemist (1826-1910)

*July 13th, 1826, Palermo †May 10th, 1910, Rome

74

Zénobe Gramme

Belgian electrical engineer

*April 4th, 1826, Jehay †January 20th, 1901, Bois-Colombes

73

Frederic Edwin Church

American landscape painter (1826–1900)

*May 4th, 1826, Hartford †April 7th, 1900, New York City

65

Lucien Dautresme

French politician and composer (1826–1892)

*May 21st, 1826, Elbeuf †February 18th, 1892, Paris

44

Carl Richard Zanders

German manufacturer (1826–1870)

*July 16th, 1826, Bergisch Gladbach †August 23rd, 1870, Bergisch Gladbach

86

Wilhelm Walther

German painter (1826-1913)

*October 18th, 1826, Cämmerswalde †May 7th, 1913, Dresden

79

Rosa Flesch

German Roman Catholic religious (1826–1906)

*February 24th, 1826, Schönstatt †January 1st, 1906, Kloster Marienhaus

83

Pál Gyulai

Hungarian literary historian, literary critic (1826-1909)

*January 25th, 1826, Cluj-Napoca †November 9th, 1909, Budapest

56

Miguel Ângelo Lupi

Painter (1826-1883)

*May 8th, 1826, Lisbon †February 26th, 1883, Lisbon

83

Eusebio Lillo

Chilean writer and diplomat

*August 14th, 1826, Santiago †July 8th, 1910, Santiago

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1826 is a normal year and no leap year.

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