Year 1728 (MDCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). Events of 1728 January – June February 28 – At the Battle of Palkhed, Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao I defeats the Mughal Governor of Deccan, Nizam-ul-Mulk. March 14 – Jean-Jacques Rousseau leaves Geneva for the first time. May 18 – Peter II succeeeds Catherine I as Tsar of Rus… (More on 1728)