June 28th, 1622

Born on June 28th, 1622

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

June 28th, 1963

Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

June 28th, 1880

Police captured Australian bank robber and cultural icon Ned Kelly (pictured) after a gun battle in Glenrowan, Victoria.

June 28th, 2016

Gunmen attacked Istanbul's Atatürk Airport, killing 45 people and injuring more than 230 others.

June 28th, 1989

President Slobodan Milošević gave a speech at Gazimestan in which he described the possibility of "armed battles" in the future of Serbia's national development.

June 28th, 1969

In response to a police raid at the Stonewall Inn in New York City, groups of gay and transgender people began demonstrations, a watershed event for the worldwide gay rights movement.

June 28th, 1956

Polish workers demanding better working conditions began massive protests in Poznań, but were later violently repressed by the Polish People's Army and the Internal Security Corps.

June 28th, 1950

Korean War: South Korean forces began the Bodo League massacre, summarily executing tens of thousands of suspected North Korean sympathizers.

June 28th, 1942

World War II: The Wehrmacht launched Case Blue, a strategic German offensive to capture oil fields in the south of the Soviet Union.

June 28th, 1916

First World War: Around 55,000 workers in Berlin went on strike to protest against the trial of anti-war campaigner Karl Liebknecht.

June 28th, 1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip (pictured), a Yugoslav nationalist, sparking the outbreak of World War I.

June 28th, 1911

The Nakhla meteorite (fragments pictured), the first meteorite to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, fell to Earth in Abu Hummus, Egypt.

June 28th, 1904

In the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant ship, SS Norge ran aground on Hasselwood Rock and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in more than 635 deaths.

June 28th, 1895

The U.S. Court of Private Land Claims ruled that James Reavis's claim to 18,600 sq mi (48,000 km2) of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico was "wholly fictitious and fraudulent".

June 28th, 1846

Belgian musician Adolphe Sax patented his design of the saxophone (example pictured).

June 28th, 1841

Giselle (title role pictured), a ballet by the French composer Adolphe Adam, was first performed at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris.

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

Same year
Born in 1622

51

Molière

French playwright and actor (1622–1673)

*January 15th, 1622, Paris †February 17th, 1673, Paris

81

Vincenzo Viviani

Italian scientist (1622-1703)

*April 5th, 1622, Florence †September 22nd, 1703, Florence

57

Karl Heinrich von Metternich-Winneburg

Archbishop (1622-1679)

*January 1st, 1622, Koblenz †January 1st, 1679, Aschaffenburg

68

Jacques Savary

French writer

*September 22nd, 1622, Doué-la-Fontaine †October 7th, 1690, Paris

76

Wolfgang Julius, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

German field marshal and last Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein (1622-1698)

*August 3rd, 1622, Neuenstein †December 26th, 1698, Frankfurt

44

Camillo Francesco Maria Pamphili

Catholic cardinal

*February 21st, 1622, Naples †July 26th, 1666, Palazzo Pamphilj

66

Joseph-Antoine de La Barre

Governor of New France

*February 21st, 1622, Valois †May 4th, 1688, Paris

43

Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg and Brunswick-Lüneburg

*February 25th, 1622, Herzberg am Harz †March 15th, 1665, Celle

78

Friedrich Ulrich Calixt

German theologian

*March 8th, 1622, Helmstedt †January 13th, 1701, Helmstedt

62

Jakob Thomasius

German philosopher (1622-1684)

*August 27th, 1622, Leipzig †September 9th, 1684, Leipzig

32

Carel Fabritius

Painter from the Northern Netherlands

*February 1st, 1622, Middenbeemster †October 12th, 1654, Delft

88

Robert Treat

English soldier, governor of the Connecticut Colony

*February 23rd, 1622, Pitminster †July 12th, 1710, Milford

42

Johannes Clauberg

German philosopher (1622-1665)

*February 24th, 1622, Solingen †January 31st, 1665, Duisburg

52

Cort Adeler

Naval commander, merchant

*December 16th, 1622, Brevik †November 5th, 1675, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1622 is a normal year and no leap year.

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