1728
year
1728 (MDCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1728th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 728th year of the 2nd millennium, the 28th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1728, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1690s 1700s 1710s – 1720s – 1730s 1740s 1750s |
| Years: | 1725 1726 1727 – 1728 – 1729 1730 1731 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1728 MDCCXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2481 |
| Armenian calendar | 1177 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6478 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1649–1650 |
| Bengali calendar | 1135 |
| Berber calendar | 2678 |
| British Regnal year | 1 Geo. 2 – 2 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2272 |
| Burmese calendar | 1090 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7236–7237 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4424 or 4364 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4425 or 4365 |
| Coptic calendar | 1444–1445 |
| Discordian calendar | 2894 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1720–1721 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5488–5489 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1784–1785 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1649–1650 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4828–4829 |
| Holocene calendar | 11728 |
| Igbo calendar | 728–729 |
| Iranian calendar | 1106–1107 |
| Islamic calendar | 1140–1141 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 13 (享保１３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1652–1653 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4061 |
| Minguo calendar | 184 before ROC 民前184年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 260 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2270–2271 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1854 or 1473 or 701 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1855 or 1474 or 702 |
Events
change- Astronomical aberration found by the astronomer James Bradley
- Swedish academy of sciences made at Uppsala
- The making of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana Archived 2004-11-03 at the Wayback Machine), Cuba's most set university.
Births
change- January 9 – Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
- February 21 – Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
- April 16 – Joseph Black, Scottish scientist (d. 1799)
- August 26 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist and astronomer (d. 1777)
- August 28 – John Stark, American general (d. 1822)
- September 3 – Matthew Boulton, English metal-worker, inventor and partner of James Watt (d. 1809)
- September 14 – Mercy Otis Warren, American writer (d. 1814)
- October 7 – Caesar Rodney, American lawyer who signed the Declaration of Independence (d. 1784)
- October 27 – James Cook, British captain and explorer (d. 1779)
- November 10 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer (d. 1774)
Deaths
change- February 12 – Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1654)
- February 13 – Cotton Mather, Puritan minister (b. 1663)
- March 4 – Anna Petrovna of Russia, oldest daughter of Peter the Great (b. 1708)
- April 3 – James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662)
- August 15 – Marin Marais, French musician (b. 1656)
- September 23 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
- November 19 – Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, German Prince (b. 1694)
- date unknown – Serfoji I, Indian Ruler (b. 1675)