August 28th, 1527

Born on August 28th, 1527

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

August 28th, 1619

Ferdinand II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was unanimously elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 28th?

82

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

82

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

42

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

29

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

80

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

73

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

49

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

48

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

91

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

81

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

27

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

66

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

58

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

54

Jack Black

American actor and musician (born 1969)

*August 28th, 1969, Santa Monica

38

Taichang Emperor

15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

*August 28th, 1582, Beijing †September 26th, 1620, Beijing

48

Nick E. Tarabay

Lebanese and American actor

*August 28th, 1975, Beirut

61

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

41

Kevin McNaughton

British footballer (born 1982)

*August 28th, 1982, Dundee

40

Manuela Mölgg

Italian alpine skier

*August 28th, 1983, Bruneck

Same year
Born in 1527

71

Philip II of Spain

16th-century King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

*May 21st, 1527, Palacio de Pimentel †September 13th, 1598, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

49

Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

King of the Romans, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (1527-1576)

*July 31st, 1527, Vienna †October 12th, 1576, Regensburg

81

John Dee

16th-century English mathematician, astrologer, and alchemist

*July 13th, 1527, London †November 30th, 1608, Mortlake

71

Abraham Ortelius

Flemish cartographer, geographer and cosmographer (1527–1598)

*April 14th, 1527, Antwerp †June 28th, 1598, Antwerp

76

Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg

Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow

*March 5th, 1527, Schwerin †March 14th, 1603, Güstrow

69

Siegfried Sack

German author and theologian

*March 12th, 1527, Nordhausen †September 2nd, 1596, Magdeburg

58

Marcin Gerstmann

Polish bishop (1527-1585)

*March 8th, 1527, Bolesławiec †May 23rd, 1585, Nysa

57

Luca Cambiaso

Italian painter (1527-1585)

*October 18th, 1527, Moneglia †September 6th, 1585, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

28

Agnes of Hesse

German noblewoman, by marriage Electress consort of Saxony

*May 31st, 1527, Marburg †November 4th, 1555, Weimar

83

Pedro de Ribadeneira

Spanish hagiologist

*November 1st, 1527, Toledo †September 22nd, 1611, Madrid

63

Anna Sophie of Prussia

Duchess of Prussia and Duchess of Mecklenburg

*June 11th, 1527, Königsberg †February 6th, 1591, Lübz

35

Bernhard VIII, Count of Lippe

Count of Lippe (1527-1563)

*December 6th, 1527, Detmold †April 15th, 1563, Detmold

68

John Lesley

Scottish bishop (1527–1596)

*September 29th, 1527, Scotland †May 31st, 1596, Brussels metropolitan area

17

Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal

Intanta of Portugal, Princess of Asturias, Duchess of Milan

*October 15th, 1527, Coimbra †July 12th, 1545, Valladolid

63

Hugues Doneau

French lawyer

*December 23rd, 1527, Chalon-sur-Saône †May 4th, 1591, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

52

Johannes Stadius

Astronomer, astrologer, mathematician

*May 1st, 1527, Loenhout †June 17th, 1579, Paris

52

William Drury

English politician, died 1579

*October 2nd, 1527, Hawstead †October 13th, 1579, Waterford

77

Johann Hermann

(1527-1605) German physician

*October 16th, 1527, Nördlingen †May 7th, 1605, Wrocław

59

Ludwig Lavater

Swiss theologian

*March 1st, 1527, Kyburg Castle †July 15th, 1586, Zürich

67

Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg

German princess

*August 10th, 1527, Berlin †January 2nd, 1595, Brzeg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1527 is a normal year and no leap year.

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