About the day » Wednesday September 28, 1768Calender converter

• Cornelia Maria Agatha Hulft, Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands († 1862)
• Antje Steenstra, Leeuwarden
• Catherine Therese Joseph Arnetiaux, Lille (Saint-André), 59350, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Fijtje van Hemert, Oud-Beijerland
• Aletta Cornelia Rutgers, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1801)
• Cornelis VAN SLUIJS, Domburg († 1769)
• Aletta Cornelia Rutgers, Utrecht († 1801)
• Dirk Jeldertsz de Groot, Schiermonnikoog († 1837)
• Etje Harms, Beerta († 1770)
• Fijgje van Hermene, oud-beijerland (zuid holland)

• Anna Similion (80), Heikruis
• Joannes Baptista Janssen(S) (67), Dessel, België
• Joannes Baptista Janssens JANSSEN (67), Dessel, 2480, Antwerpen, België
• Wouter Woutersz van der Vlucht (89), Noordwijkerhout (NL)
• Jean Antoine Joseph Desvignes (0), Troisvilles (F)
• Jacob Schipper, Warmenhuizen
• Wouter Woutersz. van der Vlugt, Noordwijkerhout
• Barbara Hermans Godshall (73), Worcester, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
• Martinus Daemen (48), Kanne, Graafschap Loon, Prinsbisdom Luik
• Emmigje Vermeule (0), Ridderkerk

• 1705 » Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1774)
• 1735 » Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1811)
• 1746 » William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar († 1794)
• 1765 » Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg († 1814)
• 1803 » Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author († 1870)
• 1809 » Alvan Wentworth Chapman, American physician and botanist († 1899)
• 1819 » Narcís Monturiol, Spanish engineer and publisher († 1885)
• 1821 » Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American minister and politician († 1874)
• 1823 » Alexandre Cabanel, French painter and educator († 1889)
• 1824 » Francis Turner Palgrave, English poet and critic († 1897)

• 1687 » Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)
• 1694 » Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)
• 1702 » Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)
• 1742 » Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)
• 1829 » Nikolay Raevsky, Russian general and politician (b. 1771)
• 1844 » Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy, Russian general and politician (b. 1769)
• 1859 » Carl Ritter, German geographer and academic (b. 1779)
• 1873 » Émile Gaboriau, French journalist and author (b. 1832)
• 1891 » Herman Melville, American author and poet (b. 1819)
• 1895 » Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist (b. 1822)

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 29 » Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
• May 10 » Rioting occurs in London after John Wilkes is imprisoned for writing an article for The North Briton severely criticizing King George III.
• August 26 » Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMSEndeavour.
• November 5 » Treaty of Fort Stanwix, the purpose of which is to adjust the boundary line between Indian lands and white settlements set forth in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 in the Thirteen Colonies.
• December 1 » The former slave ship Fredensborg sinks off Tromøya in Norway.
• December 28 » King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.

The temperature on September 28, 1768 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-southeast. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: veel dauw.