392 Historic Events for November 28
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| 1710 |
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Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
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| 1745 |
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-29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY
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| 1757 |
Birth |
William Blake, English poet/painter (Songs of Innocence and Experience)
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| 1757 |
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England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
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| 1763 |
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Matthaus Fischer, composer
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| 1770 |
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F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia
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| 1775 |
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2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
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| 1776 |
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Washington and his troops cross Delaware River
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| 1777 |
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Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat
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| 1784 |
Birth |
Ferdinand Reis, composer
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| 1785 |
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William Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55
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| 1785 |
Birth |
Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)
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| 1788 |
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Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53
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| 1792 |
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Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education
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| 1793 |
Birth |
Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (T”rnrosens Buck)
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| 1794 |
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Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64
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| 1795 |
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US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis
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| 1795 |
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Adolf Bernhard Marx, composer
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| 1805 |
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John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America
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| 1810 |
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William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect
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| 1811 |
Birth |
Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)
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| 1812 |
Birth |
Ludwig Mathias Lindeman, composer
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| 1813 |
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Kosacks occupy Utrecht
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| 1815 |
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Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70
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| 1820 |
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Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
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