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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