What happened in 1728?
56 recorded events in 1728, including 24 in people, 16 in architecture & engineering and 10 in religion & belief systems.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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First Maroon War
Slave revolts in Jamaica
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People 24
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Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard died
Marshal of France (1652-1728)
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Cyril IV of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
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Otto Friedrich von der Groeben died
Prussian traveler, soldier and author
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Caleb Threlkeld died
British botanist (1676-1728)
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Louis le Comte died
French Jesuit in China
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John Freind died
British doctor (1675-1728)
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Samuel Molyneux died
Irish politician (1689-1728)
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Charles René Reyneau died
French mathematician
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Daniel Le Clerc died
Genevan politician (1652-1728)
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Maria Aurora von Königsmarck died
Swedish noblewoman of Brandenburg extraction
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Marie Le Rochois died
Singer
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Anne Danican Philidor died
Early 18th century French composer
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Marc-Antoine Legrand died
French actor (1673-1728)
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Oliver Goldsmith born
Born in Elphin. Anglo-Irish writer, poet, and physician (d. 1774).
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Johann Heinrich Lambert born
Born in Mulhouse. German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777).
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Shah Alam II born
Born in Old Delhi. 16th Mughal Emperor from 1760 to 1806.
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Ferdinando Galiani born
Born in Chieti. Italian economist.
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Chevalier d'Éon born
Born in Tonnerre. French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England. (1728–1810).
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Mercy Otis Warren born
Born in Barnstable. American writer.
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Pietro Verri born
Born in Milan. Italian philosopher, economist, historian and writer (1728-1797).
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Bulutkapan Ali Bey born
Born in Samegrelo. Mamluk of Egypt (1728-1773).
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Thomas Warton born
Born in Basingstoke. English literary historian, critic, poet (1728-1790).
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Caesar Rodney born
Born in Kent County. American politician (1728-1784).
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André Morellet born
Born in Lyon. French academic (1728-1819).
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Diomede Islands
Island group in the Bering Strait
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St. Lawrence Island
Island in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
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Religion & Belief Systems 10
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Kampung Hulu Mosque
Mosque in Malaysia
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Tranquerah Mosque
Mosque in Malaysia
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Assumption Cathedral
Church
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Namazgjahu Mosque
Mosque in Ulcinj, Montenegro
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Church of Saint Paraskeva Pyatnytsya in Kazan
Temple in Kazan, Russia
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Herzogspitalkirche
Filial church
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Great Synagogue in Buchach
Synagoge in Ukraine
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St. Martin
Filial church in Fellach, Germany
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St. Nikolaus (Greiling)
Filial church in Greiling, Germany
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Sanctuary Madonna di Mongiovino
Sanctuary in Tavernelle, Panicale
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Architecture & Engineering 16
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St. Joseph's Seminary and Church
Church building in Macau, China
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Santi Quirico e Giulitta
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Palazzo Vilhena
French Baroque palace in Mdina, Malta
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Church of John the Baptist
Church building in Warsaw, Poland
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Przebendowski Palace
Palace
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Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán
Spanish mission in Baja California Sur, Mexico
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Penha
Church in Brazil
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chiesa di San Francesco di Paola
Church building in Milan, Italy
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Grindheim Church
Church building in Etne, Norway
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Mo Church
Church in Surnadal, Norway
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Skjervøy Church
Church in Skjervøy, Norway
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Melum Church
Church building in Skien, Norway
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Tretten Church
Building in Øyer, Innlandet, Norway
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Oppstad Church
Church in Sør-Odal, Innlandet, Norway
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Sisodiya Rani Bagh
Garden in India
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Church of the Presentation of Mary
Brâncovemesc church on Calea Moșilor in Bucharest, Romania
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Empires & Countries 3
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Sultanate of Lahej founded
Sultanate of Lahej was founded, with its capital at Lahij.
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Dhar State founded
Dhar State was founded, with its capital at Dhar.
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Dewas State founded
Dewas State was founded, with its capital at Dewas.
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