This Day in History : [ 28 / Jul ]

Margherita of Durazzo queen of Naples (d. 1412)

Jacopo Sannazaro Italian poet (Arcadia) born in Naples Italy (d. 1530)

Judith Leyster Dutch painter born in Haarlem the Netherlands baptism date (d. 1660)

Charles Ancillon French Huguenot pastor (d. 1715)

Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen Baltic German courtier and military governor of St Petersburg born in Palmse Estonia (d. 1826)

Thomas Heyward signed US Declaration of Independence born in St. Lukes Parish South Carolina (d. 1809)

Fabre dglantine French dramatist and politician creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)

Charles Stewart Rear Admiral (Union Navy) (d. 1869)

Ignaz Bsendorfer Austrian musician (d. 1859)

Ludwig A Feuerbach German philosopher (Man is what he eats)

Charles Lucas English composer Principle of the Royal Academy of Music born in Salisbury England (d. 1869)

Ormsby McKnight Mitchel American astronomer and Union Major General born in Union County Kentucky (d. 1862)

Alberto Mazzucato Italian opera composer born in Udine Italy (d. 1877)

Stefan Dunjov Banat Bulgarian military figure (d. 1889)

William Duncan Smith American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Augusta Georgia (d. 1862)

James Henry Lane Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate) born in Mathews Court House Virginia (d. 1907)

Jose Garcia Robles Spanish composer born in Barcelona Spain (d. 1910))

Christian Barnekow Danish composer born in Luz-Saint-Sauveur France (d. 1913)

Gerard Manley Hopkins English poet (Windhover) born in Stratford London (d. 1889)

Ballington Booth Brighouse England Officer in The Salvation Army and co-founder of Volunteers of America

Elias M. Ammons governor of Colorado born in Macon County North Carolina (d. 1925)

Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia born in Peterhof Palace Empire of Russia (d. 1922)

Hussein Khan Nakhichevanski Russian general (d. 1919)

Charles Dillon Perrine American-born astronomer working in Argentina born in Steubenville Ohio (d. 1951)

George Morren Flemish painter and sculptor born in Antwerp (d. 1941)

Thomas P. Krag Norwegian author and novelist (Jon Graeff Ulf Ran) born in Krager Norway (d. 1913)

Henri Jaspar Premier of Belgium (1927-31) born in Schaerbeek Belgium (d. 1939)

Albert Sarraut French Radical politician Prime Minister of France (1933 and 36) born in Bordeaux France (d. 1962)

Ernst Cassirer German philosopher and educator (Essay on Man) born in Silesia Prussia (d. 1945)

Emmy Arbous [Emilia J Henke] Dutch actress (Little Rascal) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1954)

Sidney Pegler South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests) (d. 1972)

Marie Lohr Australian actress (Pygmalion Small Hotel) born in Sydney New South Wales (d. 1975)

Ron Oxenham cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32)