Convention
Provides for an Anglo-Spanish truce
Historical events in 1728
23 historical records
February 17281 historical events
May 17281 historical events
Reform of Catholic Rights
Disenfrachises the Irish Roman Catholics
August 17281 historical events
Birth of William Wilberforce
Birth of William Wilberforce
September 17281 historical events
Birth of Matthew Boulton
Birth of Matthew Boulton, later central to Birmingham’s industrial growth.
October 17281 historical events
Birth of James Cook
Birth of James Cook
Discovery of Bering Straits
Sails through the Bering Strait. Employed by Peter the Great to discover if Asia & north America are connected
Departure from Geneva
Rousseau leaves Geneva and begins years of travel, patronage and irregular employment.
Medical Qualification
La Mettrie completes his early medical qualification before pursuing further study in the Netherlands.
Chief Minister
Appointed Chief Minister of Prussia
Dunciad First Published
Pope anonymously published the first version of The Dunciad, attacking literary dullness and hack writing.
Plan of English Commerce Published
Defoe published A Plan of the English Commerce, presenting arguments about British trade and manufacturing.
Falstaff Recruiting Scene Painted
Hogarth depicted Falstaff examining recruits, drawing on a comic episode from Shakespeare's Henry IV.
Tempest Scene Depicted
Hogarth painted Prospero and Miranda from Shakespeare's The Tempest, translating a dramatic scene into visual narrative.
Peerage
In order to remove him from the Commons, Walpole raised Compton to the peerage as Baron Wilmington
Education
A violent attack of gout compels Pitt to leave Oxford University without finishing his degree
Education
From 1728 to 1730 Pitt attends Utrecht University in the Dutch Republic
Blockade of Cadiz
Blockades Cadiz
Cadiz Harbour Blockaded
Wager maintains naval pressure on Cadiz to restrict Spanish warships and shipping using the port.
Battle of Palkhed
Baji Rao I outmaneuvers the Nizam near Palkhed and compels him to negotiate, demonstrating the effectiveness of fast Maratha cavalry operations.
Berkeley Marries Anne Forster
Berkeley married Anne Forster shortly before undertaking his transatlantic project. Their subsequent household life was bound up with his plans for a college in Bermuda.
Cardinal
Appointed Cardinal
Coronation
Crowned Tsar of Russia
Polhane Government
Polhane Sonam Topgyal defeats his rivals and becomes Tibet's dominant minister.