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Margaret of Durazzo, Queen of Naples and Hungary was born in 1347, while Theodosius II, Roman emperor died in 450.
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Born on July 28
- 1347 — Margaret of Durazzo, Queen of Naples and Hungary (died 1412)
- 1458 — Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet, humanist and epigrammist (died 1530)
- 1516 — William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, German nobleman (died 1592)
Died on July 28
- 450 — Theodosius II, Roman emperor (born 401)
- 631 — Athanasius I Gammolo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.
- 938 — Thankmar, half-brother of Otto I (during Siege of Eresburg) (born c. 908)
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