Events on 28 July 26
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Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina.
Year 1540
Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
Year 1571
La Laguna encomienda, known today as the Laguna province in the Philippines is founded by the Spaniards as one of the oldest encomiendas (provinces) in the country.
Year 1635
In the Eighty Years' War the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
Year 1778
Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
Year 1794
French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
Year 1809
Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
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Birthdays on 28 July 166
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Deaths on 28 July 101
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