Thanking Yvonne Strong Royal Events William I of Sicily defeated the Greek army at the Battle of Brindisi on 28 May 1156 The marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was declared valid by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 28 May 1533 The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon on 28 May 1588 to attack England, a goal that was not achieved The Bolton Massacre, a royalist victory in the English civil war, took place on 28 May 1644 Charles X of France was crowned on 28 May 1825, aged 67 Royal Births John II (the Fearless), Duke of Burgundy, was born on 28 May 1371 Selim II, Ottoman Sultan, was born on 28 May 1524 Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, was born on 28 May 1656 George I was born on 28 May 1660, son of the Elector of Hanover and Electress Sophia, granddaughter of James I Duchess Marie Antoinette of Mecklenburg-Schwerin was born on 28 May 1884 Royal Weddings and Divorces Philip III (the Bold) of France married Isabella of Aragon on 28 May 1262 Lionel Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III, married Violante Visconti on 28 May 1368 Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, son of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, married Princess Elisabeth of Savoy on 28 May 1820 Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern married Princess Josephine of Belgium, granddaughter of Leopold I, on 28 May 1894 Royal Deaths Afonso IV (the Brave) of Portugal died on 28 May 1357 and was succeeded by his son Pedro I Caterina Sforza, Countess of Forlì, illegitimate daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, died on 28 May 1509 Emperor Sakuramachi, 115th Emperor of Japan, died on 28 May 1750 Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord and ruler of Tigray and Eritrea, de facto regent for Emperor Egwale Seyon, died on 28 May 1816 Sophie of Bavaria, wife of Franz Karl, Archduke of Austria, and mother of Emperor Franz Joseph I, died on 28 May 1872 Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse, brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II and King-elect of Finland, died on 28 May 1940 The Duke of Windsor (Edward VIII from January to December 1936) died in Paris on 28 May 1972
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