What is July 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1364]] &ndash; Troops of the [[Republic of Pisa]] and [[Republic of Florence]] clash in the [[Battle of Cascina]]. * [[1540]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex]] is executed at the order of King [[Henry VIII of England]], who marries his fifth wife, [[Catherine Howard]], on the same day. * [[1566]] &ndash; A [[storm]] sinks several ships off the coast of the [[island]] of [[Gotland]], [[Sweden]], killing around 6,000 people. * [[1609]] &ndash; [[Bermuda]] is settled by English sailors, after their ship, the ''Sea Venture'', runs aground, on the way to [[Virginia]]. * [[1794]] &ndash; French revolutionary leaders [[Maximilien Robespierre]] and [[Louis Saint-Just]] are executed on the [[guillotine]]. * [[1800]] &ndash; First successful climb of the [[Grossglockner]] in the [[Austria]]n [[Alps]] by [[Martin Klotz|Martin]] and [[Sepp Klotz]]. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: In the [[Battle of Talavera]] an army led by [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]] prevents [[Joseph Bonaparte]] from advancing into [[Portugal]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; [[Peru]] declares independence from [[Spain]], through [[Jose de San Martin]]. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[Joseph Fieschi]] and co–plotters attempt an attack on [[Louis Philippe of France]], who survives with slight injuries, though several people are killed. * [[1858]] &ndash; [[Fingerprint]]s are used for the first time to prove identity. William Herschel, [[India]]n Civil service, used Rajyadhar Konai's print on the back of an envelope. * [[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Ezra Church]] – [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces fail their third attempt to drive [[United States|Union]] forces out of [[Atlanta]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[Welsh people|Welsh]] settlement of [[Chubut]], [[Argentina]], begins. * [[1866]] &ndash; At age 18, [[Vinnie Ream]] becomes the first and youngest woman to be commissioned by the [[United States Government]] for a [[statue]] (of [[Abraham Lincoln]]