1728

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s

Years: 1723 1724 1725 1726 1727 - 1728 - 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Year in Topic
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley
Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala

Year in Topic

Births

February 21 - Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (+ 1762)
August 28 - John Stark, American Revolutionary War general
September 14 - Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright
October 27 - James Cook (+1779), British naval captain and explorer.

Deaths

Marin Marais, French bass viol player and composer (born 1656)
FranÃÂÃÂ§ois Duval, French violinist and composer (born c1673)
PÃÂÃÂ¨re Gabriel Daniel, French writer and Jesuit theologian (born 1649)
Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (born 1654)
Giovanni Maria Crescimbeni, Italian poet and critic (born 1663)