What happened on july 28th
July 28, 1540 “Thomas Cromwell is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.”
1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe
1588 Spanish Armada sails to overthrow England’s Queen Elizabeth I
1609 Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda
1609 “Bermuda is first settled, by survivors of the English Sea Venture, en route to Virginia.”
1615 Lake Huron is discovered by French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
July 28, 1655 “Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died”
1786 First potato arrives in Britain.
1809 “Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera – Sir Arthur Wellesley’s British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force under Joseph Bonaparte.”
1821 Peru: Jose de San Martin declares independence from Spain.
1830 Revolution in France replaces Charles X with Louis Philippe
1849 “Memmon is first clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY”
1851 Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph
1862 “Confederate forces defeated at More’s Hill, Mo”
1866 Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in USThe Metric Act of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of weights and measures in the United States.
1868 “14th Amendment ratified, citizenship to exslaves”
1873 The Japanese government implements land and tax reform as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
1878 “Great Britain’s William Gowland becomes the first non-Japanese to reach Yarigatake peak (3,180 meters), and he names the mountain the Japanese Alps, a name that is eventually used to refer to the entire mountain range.”
1882 “The opera “”Parsifal”” is produced (Bayreuth)”
Shocks triggered by the volcano Epomeo (Isle of Ischia, Italy) destroyed 1,200 houses at Casamicciola killing 2,000″
1896 City of Miami incorporated
1896 The City of Miami is incorporated.
1900 Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut
1913 “US wins its first Davis Cup since 1902, beating England, 3-2”
1914 “Foxtrot first danced at New Amsterdam Roof Garden (NYC, by Harry Fox)”
World War I begins: Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia after it failed to meet the conditions of an ultimatum it set on July 23 following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian assassin. This event leads to the outbreak of war.
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