1728
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s – 1720s – 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1725 1726 1727 – 1728 – 1729 1730 1731 |
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| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science |
| Countries: Canada – Great Britain – |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1728 (MDCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1728
[edit] January–June
- February 28 – At the Battle of Palkhed, Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats the Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk.
- March 14 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau leaves Geneva for the first time.
- May 18 – Peter II succeeds Catherine I as Tsar of Russia.
[edit] July–December
- Late Summer – Voltaire ends his exile in England
- October 20/23 – The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 (the largest in the city's history) burns.
[edit] Undated
- Astronomical aberration is discovered by the astronomer James Bradley.
- The Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded at Uppsala.
- The University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cuba's most well-established university, is founded.
- Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of King George II of Great Britain, arrives in Britain for the first time, aged 21.
[edit] Ongoing
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1728 MDCCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2481 |
| Armenian calendar | 1177 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -116 – -115 |
| Bengali calendar | 1135 |
| Berber calendar | 2678 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2272 |
| Burmese calendar | 1090 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7236 – 7237 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年十一月二十日 (4364/4424-11-20) — to —
戊申年十二月初一日(4365/4425-12-1) |
| Coptic calendar | 1444 – 1445 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1720 – 1721 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5488 – 5489 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1783 – 1784 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1650 – 1651 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4829 – 4830 |
| Holocene calendar | 11728 |
| Iranian calendar | 1106 – 1107 |
| Islamic calendar | 1140 – 1141 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 13 (享保13年) |
| Korean calendar | 4061 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2271 |
- January 9 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
- February 21 – Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
- April 16 – Joseph Black, Scottish physicist and chemist (d. 1799)
- August 26 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer (d. 1777)
- August 28 – John Stark, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1822)
- September 3 – Matthew Boulton, English manufacturer and lifelong key partner of James Watt (d. 1809)
- September 14 – Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (d. 1814)
- October 7 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1784)
- October 27 – James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
- November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer (d. 1774)
[edit] Deaths
- February 12 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1654)
- February 13 – Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1663)
- March 4 – Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, eldest daughter of Peter the Great (b. 1708)
- April 3 – James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662)
- May 14 – Louise Marie d'Orléans, Mademoiselle, French princess (b.[1726]])
- August 15 – Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
- August 26 – Anne Marie d'Orléans Queen consort of Sicily and Sardinia (b.1669)
- September 23 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
- November 19 – Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, German Prince (b. 1694)
- date unknown – Serfoji I, third Raja of the Bhonsle dynasty (b. 1675)
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