May 28th, 1601

Born on May 28th, 1601

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What happened on May 28th?

May 28th, 1901

Mozaffar ad-Din (pictured), Shah of Persia, granted exclusive rights to prospect for oil in the country to William Knox D'Arcy.

May 28th, 1982

Falklands War: The British War Cabinet, which never considered using nuclear weapons in the conflict, ordered that the nuclear depth bombs on British ships return home.

May 28th, 2002

An independent commission appointed by the Football Association voted two-to-one to allow Wimbledon F.C. to relocate from London to Milton Keynes.

May 28th, 1998

The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission carried out five underground nuclear tests, becoming the seventh country in the world to successfully develop and publicly test nuclear weapons.

May 28th, 1987

Mathias Rust, a West German aviator, flew his Cessna 172 from Helsinki, Finland, through Soviet air defences, landing illegally near Red Square in Moscow.

May 28th, 1940

Second World War: Belgium surrendered to Nazi Germany, ending the Battle of Belgium.

May 28th, 1937

The rise of Neville Chamberlain culminated with his accession as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, being summoned to Buckingham Palace to "kiss hands".

May 28th, 1892

Scottish-American preservationist John Muir (pictured) founded the environmental organization Sierra Club in California.

May 28th, 1830

U.S. president Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, authorizing him to negotiate with Native Americans for their removal from their ancestral homelands.

May 28th, 1754

French and Indian War: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force of 35 Canadiens at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.

May 28th, 1644

English Civil War: Royalist troops stormed and captured the Parliamentarian stronghold of Bolton, leading to a massacre of defenders and local residents.

May 28th, 1608

Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi debuted his second opera L'Arianna, now one of his lost works, at a royal wedding in Mantua.

May 28th, 0621

Tang forces led by Li Shimin defeated and captured Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao in the civil war that followed the collapse of the Sui dynasty.

May 28th, 2017

Former Formula One driver Takuma Sato wins his first Indianapolis 500, the first Japanese and Asian driver to do so. Double world champion Fernando Alonso retires from an engine issue in his first entry of the event.

May 28th, 2016

Harambe, a gorilla, is shot to death after grabbing a three-year-old boy in his enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, resulting in widespread criticism and sparking various internet memes.

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

Same year
Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (r. 1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

78

Christoph Schrader

German rhetorician and librarian

*September 29th, 1601, Rethmar †April 24th, 1680, Helmstedt

72

Justus Gesenius

Lutheran theologian

*July 6th, 1601, Esbeck †September 18th, 1673, Hanover

57

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by marriage (1601-1659)

*July 30th, 1601, Darmstadt †May 6th, 1659, Herzberg Castle

61

Guido Cagnacci

Italian painter (1601-1663)

*January 19th, 1601, Santarcangelo di Romagna †January 1st, 1663, Vienna

79

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

*July 18th, 1601, Lemgo †April 10th, 1681, Stadthagen

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

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