On this day in History - Jun 28

Published: June 28, 2008, 9:01 am

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0548 - Theodora dies. Byzantine empress 0572 - Alboin dies probably poisened by his wife Rosamunda. King of the Lombards 0767 - Pope Paul I dies 0928 - Louis the Blind dies. King of Provence 1061 - Floris I, Count of Holland dies. 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. 1175 - Andrei Bogolyubsky dies. Russian prince 1194 - Emperor Xiaozong of Song China dies (b. 1127). 1243 - Sinibaldo Fieschi is nominated Pope Innocent IV . 1385 - Andronicus IV Palaeologus was born (d. 1348). Eastern Roman Emperor 1389 - Ottoman and Serbian armies fight the bloody battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe (see Vidovdan). 1389 - Prince Lazar Hrebeljanovi of Serbia dies (b. 1329) 1461 - Edward IV ( Duke of York) is crowned king of England, after deposing of Henry VI of England. 1476 - Pope Paul IV was born (d. 1559) 1490 - Albert of Mainz was born (d. 1545). Bishop and elector of Mainz. 1491 - Henry VIII was born (d. 1547). King of

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