1728
| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1725 1726 1727 - 1728 - 1729 1730 1731 |
| 1728 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| 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).
Events of 1728
January - June
- March 14 - Jean-Jacques Rousseau leaves Geneva for the first time.
July - December
- October 20/23 - The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 (the largest in the city's history) burns.
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.
- The war that started in 1727 between England and Spain ends.
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1728 MDCCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2481 |
| Armenian calendar | 1177 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -116 – -115 |
| 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)
- 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)
- See also Category: 1728 births.
Deaths
- February 12 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1654)
- February 13 - Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1663)
- March 4 - Anna Petrovna of Russia, eldest daughter of Peter the Great (b. 1708)
- April 3 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662)
- August 15 - Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
- September 23 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
- November 19 - Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, German Prince (b. 1694)
- See also Category: 1728 deaths.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "1728". Image Credit.
