Tudor Turmoil: Cromwell's Execution & Henry's Fifth Marriage (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History · Amalia Dupray and Montgomery Jones
July 28, 20236m 43s
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A Daily Dose of History (28 Jul 2023)
Today's historical events:
- 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.
- In the Eighty Years' War, the Spanish capture the strategic Dutch fortress of Schenkenschans.
- Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
- on 28 July, the composer, organist and harpsichordist Johann Sebastian Bach dies.
- French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
- Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
- 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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