595 Historic Events for September 28
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| 1621 |
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Battle at Chocim Dniester: King Sigismund II beats Turks
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| 1649 |
Death |
Ottavio Vernizzi, composer, dies at 79
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| 1652 |
Death |
John Asselijn, landscape painter/etcher, dies at about 42
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| 1652 |
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English-Dutch sea battle at Kentish Knock
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| 1657 |
Death |
Emilia Secunda Antwerpiana, daugher of Willem of Orange, dies at 75
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| 1667 |
Death |
Jacobus Golius, mathematician/founder (Leidse observ), dies at 71
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| 1678 |
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"Pilgrim's Progress" published
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| 1679 |
Birth |
Mihael Omerza, composer
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| 1681 |
Birth |
Johann Mattheson, Hamburg Germany, composer
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| 1687 |
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Venetians take Athens from the Turks
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| 1694 |
Death |
Mouton, mathematician, dies
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| 1698 |
Birth |
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer
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| 1701 |
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Divorce legalized in MD
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| 1702 |
Death |
Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
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| 1704 |
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Maryland allows divorce if wife mispleases clergyman/preacher
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| 1705 |
Birth |
Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, England, corrupt politician (Chiswick)
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| 1705 |
Birth |
Johann Peter Kellner, composer
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| 1708 |
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Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
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| 1735 |
Birth |
August Henry Fitzroy, 3rd duke of Grafton/English premier
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| 1745 |
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Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
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| 1746 |
Birth |
William Jones, London England, British Orientalist/jurist
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| 1748 |
Birth |
Johann Michael Demmler, composer
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| 1757 |
Death |
Andrea Zani, composer, dies at 60
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| 1759 |
Death |
Cornelis Pronk, portrait painter/cartoonist, dies at 67
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| 1760 |
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Russian and Austrian army occupies Berlin
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