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1728
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'''Years:''' 1725 1726 1727 -
1728 -
1729 1730 1731
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'''Decades:''' 1690s 1700s 1710s -
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1730s 1740s 1750s
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'''Centuries:''' 17th century - '''
18th century''' -
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Events
*
Astronomical aberration discovered by the
astronomer James Bradley
* Swedish academy of sciences founded at
Uppsala
* The founding of the University of Havana ([http://www.uh.cu/ Universidad de la Habana]), Cuba's most well-established university.
* The
Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest fire in the history of the city.
* The war that started in 1727 between England and Spain ended.
Births
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January 9 -
Thomas Warton, English poet (d.
1790)
*
February 21 - Emperor
Peter III of Russia, husband of
Catherine II of Russia Catherine the Great (d.
1762)
*
August 28 -
John Stark, American Revolutionary War general (d.
1822)
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September 14 -
Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (d.
1814)
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October 7 -
Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.
1784)
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October 27 -
James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d.
1779)
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November 10 -
Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (d.
1774)
Deaths
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February 12 -
Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b.
1654)
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February 13 -
Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (b.
1663)
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April 3 -
James Anderson (lawyer) James Anderson, Scottish historian (b.
1662)
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August 15 -
Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b.
1656)
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September 7 -
William Burnet (1688-1728) William Burnet, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b.
1688)
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September 23 -
Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b.
1655)
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''This article incorporates content from the 1728''
Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences Cyclopaedia'', a publication in the
public domain.''
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