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Events on 28 September 54

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Year 235

Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia.

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Year 351

Battle of Mursa Major: The Roman emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius.

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Year 365

Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor.

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Year 935

Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia is murdered by a group of nobles led by his brother Boleslaus I, who succeeds him.

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Year 995

Members of the Slavník dynasty: Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious.

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Year 1066

William the Conqueror invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England.

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Year 1106

Battle of Tinchebray: Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose.

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Year 1238

Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror.

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Year 1322

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf.

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Year 1538

Ottoman-Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza.

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Birthdays on 28 September 230

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Javanshir

b. 616 – d. 680

Javanshir, King of Caucasian Albania (d. 680)

Agnolo Firenzuola

b. 1494 – d. 1545

Agnolo Firenzuola, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1545)

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, duc de Bouillon

b. 1555 – d. 1623

Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal of France (d. 1623)

Théodore de Mayerne

b. 1573 – d. 1654

Théodore de Mayerne, Swiss physician (d. 1654)

Ismaël Bullialdus

b. 1605 – d. 1694

Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1694)

Johann Mattheson

b. 1681 – d. 1764

Johann Mattheson, German composer, lexicographer, and diplomat (d. 1764)

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland

b. 1705 – d. 1774

Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (d. 1774)

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Johann Peter Kellner

b. 1705 – d. 1772

Johann Peter Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1772)

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

b. 1735 – d. 1811

Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1811)

William Jones (philologist)

b. 1746 – d. 1794

William Jones, English-Welsh philologist and scholar (d. 1794)

Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

b. 1765 – d. 1814

Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (d. 1814)

Prosper Mérimée

b. 1803 – d. 1870

Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist, historian, and author (d. 1870)

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Deaths on 28 September 86

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Leoba

d. 782

Leoba, Anglo-Saxon nun

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia

d. 935 (b. 907)

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b. 907)

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor

d. 1197 (b. 1165)

Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1165)

Gertrude of Merania

d. 1213 (b. 1185)

Gertrude of Merania (b. 1185)

Cymburgis of Masovia

d. 1429 (b. 1394)

Cymburgis of Masovia (b. 1394)

George Buchanan

d. 1582 (b. 1506)

George Buchanan, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1506)

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby

d. 1596 (b. 1540)

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (b. 1540)

Josuah Sylvester

d. 1618 (b. 1563)

Josuah Sylvester, English poet and translator (b. 1563)

Francis Turretin

d. 1687 (b. 1623)

Francis Turretin, Swiss-Italian theologian and academic (b. 1623)

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Gabriel Mouton

d. 1694 (b. 1618)

Gabriel Mouton, French mathematician and theologian (b. 1618)

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland

d. 1702 (b. 1641)

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, French-English lawyer and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1640)

Jean Baptiste Massillon

d. 1742 (b. 1663)

Jean Baptiste Massillon, French bishop (b. 1663)

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