595 Historic Events for September 28
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| 1833 |
Birth |
James Deering Fessenden, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
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| 1833 |
Death |
Lemuel Haynes, Revolutionary War veteran, dies at 88
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| 1839 |
Birth |
Frances E C Willard, NY, founder (Woman's Christian Temperance Union)
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Rudolf Baumbach, Thuringia [Germany], writer of student drinking songs
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| 1840 |
Birth |
Alexander Swift "Sandie" Pendleton, Lt-Col (Confederate Army)
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| 1841 |
Birth |
Georges Clemenceau, France, PM (1906-09, 17-20, defended Dreyfuss)
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Robert Stout, Shetland Islands Scotland, NZ prime minister (1884-87)
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| 1844 |
Birth |
Michael Hertz, composer
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| 1849 |
Birth |
Dudley Allen Sargent, US, physician/educator (Harvard U gymnasium)
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| 1850 |
Event |
US Navy abolishes flogging as punishment
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| 1851 |
Birth |
Henry Arthur Jones, English playwright (Judah)
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| 1852 |
Death |
Johann Friedrich Schwencke, composer, dies at 60
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| 1852 |
Birth |
[Ferdinand-Frederic-]Henri Moissan, Paris France, chemist (Nobel 1906)
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| 1852 |
Birth |
John [Denton Pinkstone] French, Earl of Ypres/British field marshall
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| 1854 |
Birth |
Adam Sedgwick, Norwich England, English zoologist (Peripatus)
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| 1855 |
Birth |
Thomas F Tout, London, historian (Manchester school of historiography)
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Edward Herbert Thompson, Mass, archaeologist (Mayan civilization)
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| 1856 |
Birth |
Kate Douglas Wiggins, author (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm)
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| 1858 |
Event |
Donati's comet becomes 1st to be photographed
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| 1859 |
Death |
Rinse Posthumus, Fries writer, dies
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| 1861 |
Birth |
Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)
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| 1863 |
Birth |
Charles, Lisbon Portugal, king (1889-1908)
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| 1864 |
Event |
-30) Battle of Fort Harrison VA (Chaffin's Farm New Market Heights)
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| 1864 |
Birth |
Barry E Odell Pain, English writer (Punch)
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| 1867 |
Event |
Toronto becomes capital of Ontario
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