May 28

Today in History
• 1156 - Battle at Brindisi: Norman-Sicillian King William beats Byzantine fleet
• 1358 - Daint-Leu at Oise begins French boer uprising
• 1431 - Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again
• 1521 - Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
• 1644 - Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of the Earl of Derby
• 1742 - 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
• 1818 - Walk-in-the-Water, 1st steam vessel to sail Lake Erie launched
• 1830 - US President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Abolition Day (Saint Martin)
• Amnesty International Day
• Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
• Indianapolis 500
• National Day of Ethiopia
• National Flag Day in the Philippines
• Pentecost
• Whooping Crane Day

Birthdays
• 1371 - John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
• 1524 - Selim II, 11th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-74)
• 1660 - George I, King of England, 1714-27
• 1759 - William Pitt, the Younger, C, English PM, 1783-1801, 1804-06
• 1807 - Jan van Swieten, Dutch general and governor of West-Sumatra
• 1830 - Carl Filtsch, Transylvanian child piano prodigy, and composer
• 1837 - George Ashlin, Irish architect noted for his work on churches and cathedrals
• 1865 - Gerrit Grijns, Dutch researcher and co-discoverer of vitamin B1