What Happened in August 1528

Famous Birthdays

  • Aug 25 Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Spanish general and Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (1573-76), born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 1576)

Famous Deaths

  • Aug 15 Odet de Foix, Vicomte de Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485)
  • Aug 28 Pedro Navarro, Navarrese general and engineer (invented the land mine), dies (b. c. 1460)