What happened in 1728?

First Maroon War

Wars & Conflicts · Colony of Jamaica

Slave revolts in Jamaica

Bombardment of Tripoli

Wars & Conflicts · Tripoli

Military operation by Kingdom of France

Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard died

People · Paris

Marshal of France (1652-1728)

Cyril IV of Constantinople died

People · Constantinople

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Otto Friedrich von der Groeben died

People · Kwidzyn

Prussian traveler, soldier and author

Caleb Threlkeld died

People · Dublin

British botanist (1676-1728)

Louis le Comte died

People · Bordeaux

French Jesuit in China

John Freind died

People · Croughton

British doctor (1675-1728)

Samuel Molyneux died

People · Kew

Irish politician (1689-1728)

Charles René Reyneau died

People · Paris

French mathematician

Daniel Le Clerc died

People · Geneva

Genevan politician (1652-1728)

Maria Aurora von Königsmarck died

People · Quedlinburg

Swedish noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction

Marie Le Rochois died

People · Sartrouville

Singer

Anne Danican Philidor died

People · Paris

Early 18th century French composer

Marc-Antoine Legrand died

People · Paris

French actor (1673-1728)

Oliver Goldsmith born

People · Elphin

Born in Elphin. Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774).

Johann Heinrich Lambert born

People · Mulhouse

Born in Mulhouse. German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777).

Shah Alam II born

People · Old Delhi

Born in Old Delhi. 16th Mughal Emperor from 1760 to 1806.

Ferdinando Galiani born

People · Chieti

Born in Chieti. Italian economist.

Chevalier d'Éon born

People · Tonnerre

Born in Tonnerre. French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England. (1728–1810).

Mercy Otis Warren born

People · Barnstable

Born in Barnstable. American writer.

Pietro Verri born

People · Milan

Born in Milan. Italian philosopher, economist, historian and writer (1728-1797).

Bulutkapan Ali Bey born

People · Samegrelo

Born in Samegrelo. Mamluk of Egypt (1728-1773).

Thomas Warton born

People · Basingstoke

Born in Basingstoke. English literary historian, critic, poet (1728-1790).

Caesar Rodney born

People · Kent County

Born in Kent County. American politician (1728-1784).

André Morellet born

People · Lyon

Born in Lyon. French academic (1728-1819).

Peter III of Russia born

People · Kiel

Born in Kiel. The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762).

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden born

People · Karlsruhe

Born in Karlsruhe. German noble (1728-1811).

University of Havana

Science & Technology · Havana

University located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba

Diomede Islands

Exploration & Discovery

Island group in the Bering Strait

St. Lawrence Island

Exploration & Discovery · Bering Sea

Island in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States

Kampung Hulu Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Malacca

Mosque in Malaysia

Tranquerah Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Malaysia

Assumption Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

Namazgjahu Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Ulcinj, Montenegro

Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnytsya in Kazan

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Kazan, Russia

Herzogspitalkirche

Religion & Belief Systems · Munich Altstadt

Filial church

Great Synagogue in Buchach

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagoge in Ukraine

St. Martin

Religion & Belief Systems · Fellach

Filial church in Fellach, Germany

St. Nikolaus (Greiling)

Religion & Belief Systems

Filial church in Greiling, Germany

Sanctuary Madonna di Mongiovino

Religion & Belief Systems · Tavernelle

Sanctuary in Tavernelle, Panicale

St. Peter and St. Paul Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Riga, Latvia, used as a concert hall

Saint Giles church in Podlesie

Religion & Belief Systems

Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Herzogenbuchsee in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Shetou Qingshui Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in Krzeszów

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Krzeszów, Poland

Trinity Chapel, Malye Korely

Religion & Belief Systems

Orthodox chapel in Malye Korely, Russia

Wit Kapelleke

Religion & Belief Systems · Alsemberg

Chapel in Alsemberg, Beersel, Belgium

Concord Friends Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Santuario de Santa Rosa de Lima

Religion & Belief Systems

cultural heritage site in Peru

Saint Martin's Church (Saint Martins Voeren)

Religion & Belief Systems · Sint-Martens-Voeren

Church in Sint-Martens-Voeren, Belgium

vicarage (1728)

Religion & Belief Systems · Bätterkinden

Vicarage in Bätterkinden, Switzerland

Rectory (1727/1728)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential in the old town of Burgdorf in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Kirchweg 11, Chemnitz-Wittgensdorf

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural heritage monument in Saxony, house in Chemnitz-Wittgensdorf, Germany

Rectory in Trutnowy

Religion & Belief Systems

Pfarrhaus

Religion & Belief Systems · Neschwitz

Copenhagen Fire of 1728

Disasters & Pandemics · Copenhagen

Conflagration

St. Joseph's Seminary and Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Macau, China

Santi Quirico e Giulitta

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

Palazzo Vilhena

Architecture & Engineering

French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta

Church of John the Baptist

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Warsaw, Poland

Przebendowski Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace

Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán

Architecture & Engineering · San Ignacio

Spanish mission in Baja California Sur, Mexico

Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Brazil

chiesa di San Francesco di Paola

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Milan, Italy

Grindheim Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Etne, Norway

Mo Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Surnadal, Norway

Skjervøy Church

Architecture & Engineering · Skjervøy Municipality

Church in Skjervøy, Norway

Melum Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Skien, Norway

Tretten Church

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Øyer, Innlandet, Norway

Oppstad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Sør-Odal, Innlandet, Norway

Sisodiya Rani Bagh

Architecture & Engineering

Garden in India

Church of the Presentation of Mary

Architecture & Engineering

Brâncovemesc church on Calea Moșilor in Bucharest, Romania

Fenestrelle Fort

Architecture & Engineering

Fort in Fenestrelle, Italy

Lion Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

The Lion Fountain, aka Vilhena Fountain in St Anne Square, Floriana - Malta

Igreja da Ordem Terceira da Nossa Senhora da Conceição do Boqueirão

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Salvador, Bahia

Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist, Solikamsk

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Solikamsk, Russia

Sultanate of Lahej founded

Empires & Countries · Lahij

Sultanate of Lahej was founded, with its capital at Lahij.

Dhar State founded

Empires & Countries · Dhar

Dhar State was founded, with its capital at Dhar.

Dewas State founded

Empires & Countries · Dewas

Dewas State was founded, with its capital at Dewas.

Dewas Senior founded

Empires & Countries

Dewas Senior was founded.