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Jun
28

On This Day

57 events  ·  85 deaths  ·  209 births

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Year 572

Assassination of Alboin, King of the Lombards.

Year 1098

Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul.

Year 1360

Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.

Year 1461

Edward IV is crowned King of England.

Year 1519

Charles V is elected Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Year 1635

Guadeloupe becomes a French colony.

Year 1651

The Battle of Berestechko between Poland and Ukraine starts.

Year 1709

Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.

Year 1745

A New England colonial army captures the French fortifications at Louisbourg (New Style).

Year 1776

The Battle of Sullivan's Island ends with the American victory in the American Revolutionary War leading to the commemoration of Carolina Day.

Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 2

Birthdays on 28 June 209

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Carloman I
Carloman I
b. 751 – d. 771
Carloman I, king of the Franks (d. 771)
Emperor Go-Fukakusa
Emperor Go-Fukakusa
b. 1243 – d. 1304
Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus
b. 1444 – d. 1487
Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1487)
Pope Paul IV
Pope Paul IV
b. 1476 – d. 1559
Pope Paul IV (b. 1476)
Albert of Mainz
Albert of Mainz
b. 1490 – d. 1545
Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (b. 1490)
Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII of England
b. 1491 – d. 1547
Henry VIII of England (d. 1547)
Giovanni della Casa
Giovanni della Casa
b. 1503 – d. 1556
Giovanni della Casa, Italian author and poet (d. 1556)
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Cristofano Malvezzi
b. 1547 – d. 1599
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1599)
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel
b. 1557 – d. 1595
Philip Howard, 20th Earl of Arundel, English nobleman (d. 1595)
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris
b. 1560 – d. 1657
Giovanni Paolo Lascaris, 57th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1560)
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby
b. 1573 – d. 1644
Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby, English noble (d. 1644)
Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Paul Rubens
b. 1577 – d. 1640
Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish painter and diplomat (d. 1640)

Deaths on 28 June 85

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Yuan Shao
Yuan Shao
d. 202
Yuan Shao, Chinese warlord
Theodora (6th century)
Theodora (6th century)
d. 548 (b. 500)
Theodora I, Byzantine wife of Justinian I (b. 500)
Alboin
Alboin
d. 572 (b. 530)
Alboin, Lombard king (b. 530)
Pope Leo II
Pope Leo II
d. 683 (b. 611)
Leo II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 611)
Pope Paul I
Pope Paul I
d. 767 (b. 700)
Pope Paul I (b. 700)
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Floris I, Count of Holland
d. 1061 (b. 1020)
Floris I, Count of Holland (b. 1020)
Andrey Bogolyubsky
Andrey Bogolyubsky
d. 1175 (b. 1111)
Andrey Bogolyubsky, Russian saint (b. 1111)
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony
d. 1189 (b. 1156)
Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (b. 1156)
Emperor Xiaozong of Song
Emperor Xiaozong of Song
d. 1194 (b. 1127)
Emperor Xiaozong of Song (b. 1127)
Andronikos IV Palaiologos
Andronikos IV Palaiologos
d. 1385 (b. 1348)
Andronikos IV Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1348)
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley
d. 1497
James Tuchet, 7th Baron Audley (b. c. 1463)
Yonekura Shigetsugu
Yonekura Shigetsugu
d. 1575
Yonekura Shigetsugu, Japanese samurai