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| Gregorian calendar | 1728 MDCCXXVIII |
| Julian calendar | 1727-1728 (from January 12 ) |
| Julian calendar with the Byzantine era | 7236-7237 (since September 12 ) |
| From the foundation of Rome | 2480-2481 (from May 2 ) |
| Jewish calendar | 5488-5489 ה'תפ"ח - ה'תפ"ט |
| Islamic calendar | 1140-1141 |
| Ancient Armenian calendar | 4220–4221 (from August 22 ) |
| Armenian church calendar | 1177 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 4424–4425 丁未 - 戊申 red sheep - yellow monkey |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1720 - 1721 |
| Old Indian calendar | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1784-1785 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1650-1651 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4829—4830 |
| Iranian calendar | 1106-1107 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2271 |
1728 (one thousand seven hundred twenty-eighth) year according to the Gregorian calendar is a leap year starting on Thursday . This is 1728 year of our era , 728 year of 2 millenniums , 28 year of the 18th century , 8 year of the 3rd decade of the 18th century, 9 year of the 1720s .
Content
Events
- English astronomer James Bradley discovered light aberration .
- The Norwegian missionary Hans Egede founded the city of Gothob, which is now officially called Nuuk and is the main city of Greenland .
- Commentarii, Notes of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, began to be published.
- The Book of Heraclius is written - one of the oldest written monuments in Swahili .
- The Kazakhs united and won several victories over the Dzhungars (near Lake Chubar-Tengiz). The commander of the Kazakh militia in the fight against the Dzungars, Khan of the Younger Zhuz Abulkhair. A significant part of the Junior and Middle Zhuzes was liberated, the Senior Zhuz remained under the rule of the Dzungars.
- 1728-1739 - In several wars, the Marathi defeated Nizam and took part of his possessions. They took possession of Gujarat, Malva, Berar, Gondwana, subjugated Rajputana, undertook a series of raids on Aud .
- The beginning of the year is the Kyakhtinsky treaty between Russia and China, which resolved issues on the border, defectors and trade. A Russian spiritual mission began to function in Beijing.
Science
Music
Born
See also: Category: Born in 1728
Cook
- January 16 - Niccolo Piccini , Italian composer (d. 1800 ).
- February 21 - Peter III , the Russian emperor in 1761 - 1762 (d. 1762 ).
- March 12 - Anton Rafael Mengs , German painter (d. 1779 ).
- May 11 - Pierre Gavigne , French violinist , composer and teacher (d. 1800 ).
- May 28 - Maria Ardingelli , Italian translator and naturalist, (d. 1825 ).
- August 26 - Johann Heinrich Lambert , German physicist and philosopher (d. 1777 ).
- September 30 - Martin Pochobut-Odlyanitsky , Belarusian and Lithuanian enlightener, astronomer, mathematician, rector of the Main Vilnius School (1780-1803) (d. 1810 ).
- October 27 - James Cook , English navigator (d. 1779 ).
- November 10 - Oliver Goldsmith , English writer (d. 1774 ).
Died
See also: Category: Deceased in 1728
- David Beck is an Armenian commander, leader of the Armenian national liberation movement against the Iranian and Turkish conquerors of Armenia .
- March 20 - Camille d'Auton Tallard , French commander.
- May 15 - Anna Petrovna , Tsesarevna, daughter of Peter I , mother of Peter III .
See also
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