This Day in History: 28 June

1461 – Edward IV crowned king of England

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1491 – King Henry VIII was born

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1519 – Charles V elected Holy Roman Emperor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1541 – Leonard Grey executed for high treason. Leonard Grey was the son of  Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset and grandson to Elizabeth Woodville, from her first marriage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1716 – George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665) dies.  He was the illegitmate son of Charles ll and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland.

 

 

 

 

 

1838 – Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London