Historical Events In August - 28

0388  Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed.   

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75   

0475  The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna   

0476  German ruler Odoacer captures Pavia.   

0489  Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy   

0865  Rhazes, [Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi], Persian physician   

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies.   

1065  Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65).   

1189  Third Crusade: the Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

1484  Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered   

1511  The Portuguese conquer Malacca   

1521  Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade.   

1539  Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75   

1542  Turkish-Portuguese War (1538-1557)   

1544  Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53.   

1550  Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies   

1565  Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established.   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28).   

1609  Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands.   

1609  Explorer Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.   

1609  Henry Hudson, discovers and explores Delaware Bay.   

1619  Ferdinand II elected Holy Roman Emperor   

1632  Henry Casimir I appointed viceroy of Drenthe   

1637  WIC-colonel Hans Koin conquerors Fort Elmina, West Africa.   

1640  Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.   

1646  Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53.   

1647  Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53.   

1654  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71.   

1655  New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1676  Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57.   

1677  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54   

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1025  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on this day in history.   

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on August - 28.   

1612  On August - 28 birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)   

1667  Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on August - 28.   

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.   

0388  On this day in history death of magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed   

0430  On August - 28 aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75   

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on August - 28.   

1065  Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on this day in history.   

1341  On August - 28 death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

1481  On this day in history afonso V, King of Portugal, dies   

1484  On August - 28 death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered   

1539  On August - 28 death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75