Deaths on October 28

Johann Karl August Musäus

Died on October 28, 1787

Johann Karl August Musäus, German author (b. 1735)

Johann Karl August Musäus (29 March 1735 – 28 October 1787) was a popular German author and one of the first collectors of German folk stories, most celebrated for his Volksmärchen der Deutschen (1782–1787), a collection of German fairy tales retold as satires.

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13 May

Arthur Phillip
Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
14 May

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In Philadelphia, delegates convene a Constitutional Convention to write a new Constitution for the United States; George Washington presides.
20 Jun

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Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
6 Aug

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Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
12 Dec

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Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution, five days after Delaware became the first.

Deaths on October 28

Johann Karl August Musäus

Died on October 28, 1787

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