A Daily Dose of History: Events on this Day in History

Thomas Cromwell: Reformation, Treason & Henry's Reign (+ 13 more historical events on this day!)


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A Daily Dose of History (28 Jul 2025) 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Constitution of the province of Cantabria ratified at the Assembly Hall in Bárcena la Puente, Reocín, Spain.
  • 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.
  • José de San Martín declares the independence of Peru from Spain.
  • USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy and now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbor, is commissioned.
  • American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
  • At the age of 18, Vinnie Ream becomes the first and youngest female artist to receive a commission from the United States government for a statue (of Abraham Lincoln).
  • The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.

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