Events

• Astronomical aberration discovered by the astronomer James Bradley
• Swedish academy of sciences founded at Uppsala
• The founding of the University of Havana (Universidad de la Habana), Cuba's most well-established university.
• The Copenhagen Fire of 1728 was the largest fire in the history of the city.
• The war that started in 1727 between England and Spain ended.

Births

• January 9 - Thomas Warton, English poet (d. 1790)
• February 21 - Emperor Peter III of Russia, husband of Catherine the Great (d. 1762)
• August 28 - John Stark, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1822)
• September 14 - Mercy Otis Warren, American playwright (d. 1814)
• October 7 - Caesar Rodney, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1784)
• October 27 - James Cook, British naval captain and explorer (d. 1779)
• November 10 - Oliver Goldsmith, English writer (d. 1774)

Deaths

• February 12 - Agostino Steffani, Italian diplomat and composer (b. 1654)
• February 13 - Cotton Mather, New England Puritan minister (b. 1663)
• April 3 - James Anderson, Scottish historian (b. 1662)
• August 15 - Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• September 23 - Christian Thomasius, German jurist (b. 1655)
• November 19 - Leopold of Anhalt-Cöthen, German Prince (b. 1694)

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