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Tudor Turmoil: Cromwell's Execution & Henry's Fifth Marriage (+ 6 more historical events on this day!)
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…
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