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{{Year nav|1728}} {{Year in various calendars|1728}} {{Year article header|1728}} == Events == * Astronomical aberration found by the [[astronomer]] [[James Bradley]] * Swedish academy of sciences made at [[Uppsala]] * The making of the University of Havana ([http://www.uh.cu/ Universidad de la Habana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103085342/http://www.uh.cu/ |date=2004-11-03 }}), Cuba's most set university. == Births == * 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== * 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) [[Category:1728| ]]