1728

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

Events

• 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), 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)