November 28th, 1562

Born on November 28th, 1562

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 476 days, exactly on August 12th, 2025, people who were born on November 28th, 1562 will be 169,000 days old!

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What happened on November 28th?

November 28th, 2016

LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.

November 28th, 1987

South African Airways Flight 295 suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.

November 28th, 1979

Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

November 28th, 1975

East Timor declared independence from Portugal.

November 28th, 1967

Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.

November 28th, 1966

In a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president.

November 28th, 1925

Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.

November 28th, 1912

At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.

November 28th, 1895

The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago.

November 28th, 1660

Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists met at Gresham College in London to found a learned society, now known as the Royal Society.

November 28th, 1470

Đại Việt emperor Lê Thánh Tông launched a military expedition against Champa, beginning the Champa–Đại Việt War.

November 28th, 1443

Having deserted the Ottoman army, Skanderbeg (pictured) arrived in the Albanian city of Krujë and, using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city.

November 28th, 2020

Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.

November 28th, 2016

LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellin, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

November 28th, 2014

Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.

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

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Who's birthday is on November 28th?

33

Edis

Turkish singer-songwriter

*November 28th, 1990, London

44

Chen Hong

Chinese badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

54

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

*November 28th, 1632, Florence †March 22nd, 1687, Paris

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

34

Andhika Anhar

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1989, Bogor City

74

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

*November 28th, 1820, Barmen †August 5th, 1895, London

79

Leiva Petersen

German classical philologist and publisher

*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar

47

Ryan Kwanten

Australian actor and comedian (born 1976)

*November 28th, 1976, Sydney

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

100

Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

*November 28th, 1908, City of Brussels †October 30th, 2009, 16th arrondissement of Paris

58

Francesco Contarini

Doge of Venice

*November 28th, 1566, Venice †December 6th, 1624, Venice

69

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

*November 28th, 1757, London †August 12th, 1827, Charing Cross

59

Michael Bennet

United States senator from Colorado

*November 28th, 1964, New Delhi

72

Magnus Berg

Painter and sculptor (1666-1739)

*November 28th, 1666, Gudbrandsdalen †March 31st, 1739, Copenhagen

42

Jake Helgren

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*November 28th, 1981, Elgin

61

Jane Sibbett

American actress

*November 28th, 1962, Berkeley

71

S. Epatha Merkerson

American actress

*November 28th, 1952, Saginaw

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

50

Hong Taiji

1st emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1592-1643)

*November 28th, 1592, Hetu Ala City †September 21st, 1643, Manchuria

37

Mouhamadou Dabo

Senegalese and French footballer

*November 28th, 1986, Dakar

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72

Lope de Vega

Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)

*November 25th, 1562, Madrid †August 27th, 1635, Madrid

70

George Abbot

Archbishop of Canterbury

*October 19th, 1562, Guildford †August 5th, 1633, Croydon

49

Katō Kiyomasa

16th-century Japanese daimyo

*July 25th, 1562, Myōgyō-ji †August 2nd, 1611, Kumamoto

53

François de Joyeuse

Duke of Joyeuse

*June 24th, 1562, Carcassonne †August 23rd, 1615, Avignon

49

Vincenzo Gonzaga

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1562-1612)

*September 21st, 1562, Mantua †February 9th, 1612, Mantua

71

Xu Guangqi

Late-Ming-dynasty Chinese politician, Scholar, Lay Catholic leader and Servant of God (*1562 – †1633)

*May 4th, 1562, Shanghai County †November 8th, 1633, Shuntian Fu

68

Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy

Italian noble (1562-1630)

*January 12th, 1562, Rivoli †July 26th, 1630, Savigliano

42

Hercule, Lord of Monaco

Monegasque noble (1562-1604)

*September 24th, 1562, Monaco †November 29th, 1604, Monaco

70

Juan de Torres Osorio

17th-century Spanish Catholic bishop

*January 16th, 1562, Cuéllar †July 19th, 1632, Valladolid

70

Paul Tarnow

German theologian (1562-1633)

*June 28th, 1562, Grevesmühlen †April 6th, 1633, Rostock

54

Andreas Osiander

German theologian and hymnist, 1562-1617

*May 26th, 1562, Blaubeuren †April 21st, 1617, Tübingen

68

Philipp Dulichius

German composer

*December 18th, 1562, Chemnitz †March 24th, 1631, Szczecin

31

Charles II de Bourbon-Vendôme

Roman Catholic cardinal

*August 19th, 1562, France †July 30th, 1594, Paris

57

Kilian Stisser

German jurist and politician (1562-1620)

*March 23rd, 1562, Quedlinburg †January 9th, 1620, Halle (Saale)

60

George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Beilstein, then Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

*September 1st, 1562, Dillenburg †August 9th, 1623, Dillenburg

65

Valerius Herberger

German theologian (1562-1627)

*April 21st, 1562, Wschowa †May 18th, 1627, Wschowa

62

Johann Hartmann Beyer

German mathematician and physician

*November 30th, 1562, Frankfurt †November 30th, 1624, Frankfurt

63

Henning Dedekind

German composer

*December 30th, 1562, Neustadt am Rübenberge †July 28th, 1626, Gebesee

68

Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

Spanish poet and historian (1562-1631)

*August 26th, 1562, Barbastro †February 4th, 1631, Zaragoza

85

Christen Sørensen Longomontanus

Danish astronomer

*October 4th, 1562, Denmark †October 8th, 1647, Copenhagen

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No: With 365 days 1562 is a normal year and no leap year.

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