July 2 » Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine.
September 5 » In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
Day of marriage August 8, 1728
The temperature on August 8, 1728 was about 14.0 °C. There was 110 mm of rainWind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: regen betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 10 » American Revolution: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
June 11 » The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
June 28 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory, leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.
August 31 » William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
September 10 » American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
December 7 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranges to enter the American military as a major general.
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