This day in History - November 28

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