1728 in Great Britain
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.svg/30px-Union_flag_1606_(Kings_Colors).svg.png){kind=small} 1728 in Great Britain: |
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| Sport |
| 1728 English cricket season |
Events from the year 1728 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
[edit] Events
- 29 January - First performance of John Gay's The Beggar's Opera.[1]
- March - Spain ends its siege of Gibraltar.[2]
- September - Astronomical aberration is discovered by the astronomer James Bradley.
[edit] Publications
- Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.[2]
- Alexander Pope's The Dunciad.[2]
[edit] Births
- 9 January - Thomas Warton, poet (d. 1790)
- 3 July - Robert Adam, architect (d. 1792)
- 3 September - Matthew Boulton, manufacturer and engineer (d. 1809)
- 27 October (O.S.) - James Cook, naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
[edit] Deaths
- 3 April - James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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