Events on March 28 in history

Battle of Le Cateau (1794) (March 28, 1794)

Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.

The Battle of Le Cateau (29 March 1794) took place at the start of the 1794 Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. It saw three Republican French divisions led by Antoine Balland, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet and Jacques Fromentin attack a Habsburg Austrian force commanded by Paul Kray. The Austrians drove off the French and inflicted four French casualties for every Austrian casualty.

Prince Frederick Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (German: Friedrich Josias von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld) (26 December 1737 – 26 February 1815) was an Austrian nobleman and military general.

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Events on 1794

27 Mar

Original six frigates of the United States Navy
The United States Government establishes a permanent navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
8 May

French Revolution
Branded a traitor during the Reign of Terror by revolutionists, French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, who was also a tax collector with the Ferme générale, is tried, convicted and guillotined in one day in Paris.
26 Jun

Battle of Fleurus (1794)
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Fleurus marked the first successful military use of aircraft.
28 Jul

Maximilien Robespierre
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
7 Aug

Whiskey Rebellion
U.S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

Events on March 28 in history

Battle of Le Cateau (1794) (March 28, 1794)

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Events on 1794

Original six frigates of the United States Navy

French Revolution

Battle of Fleurus (1794)

Maximilien Robespierre

Whiskey Rebellion