What happend on 28th July

27.07
29.07
1866

The Metric Act of 1866 becomes law and legalizes the standardization of weights and measures in the United States.

1864

American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church begins

1821

Peru declares independence from Spain.

1794

Maximilien Robespierre is guillotined in front of a cheering crowd, for sending thousands of others to a similar fate during the French Revolution.

1540

Thomas Cromwell, is executed on order from Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.

1493

Great fire in Moscow