What happened today in history
What happened on October 28
On October 28 history recorded 57 notable events. 160 people who left a mark were born on this day, and 114 died. Here is the full almanac.
- 57events
- 160births
- 114deaths
- 17observances
Highlights
Highlights
Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome.
The civil wars of the Tetrarchy were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire, starting from 306 AD with the usurpation of Maxentius and the defeat of Severus, and ending with the defeat of Licinius at the hands of Constantine I in 324
Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government.
Ladislaus the Posthumous, known as Ladislaus V, was Duke of Austria and King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. He was the posthumous son of Albert II of Germany with Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert had bequeathed all his realms to his future son on his deathbed
The Treaty of Ripon was agreed, ending the Second Bishops' War and forcing Charles I to summon the Long Parliament, ultimately leading to the First English Civil War.
The Treaty of Ripon was a truce between Charles I, King of England, and the Covenanters, a Scottish political movement, which brought a cessation of hostilities to the Second Bishops' War.
October 28
On this day
I century
- 97
97Roman emperor Nerva is forced by the Praetorian Guard to adopt general Marcus Ulpius Trajanus as his heir and successor.
IV century
X century
XIV century
XV century
- 1420
1420Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty when the Forbidden City is completed. - 1449
1449Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. - 1453
1453Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague. - 1492
1492Christopher Columbus lands in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World, surmising that it is Japan.
XVI century
- 1516
1516Second Ottoman–Mamluk War: Mamluks fail to stop the Ottoman advance towards Egypt at the Battle of Yaunis Khan. - 1520
1520Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean. - 1531
1531Abyssinian–Adal war: The Adal Sultanate seizes southern Ethiopia. - 1538
1538The Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino is founded in what is now the Dominican Republic.
XVII century
- 1628
1628French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle ends with the surrender of the Huguenots after fourteen months. - 1636
1636The Massachusetts Bay Colony votes to establish a theological college, which would later become Harvard University. - 1640
1640The Treaty of Ripon is signed, ending the hostilities of the Second Bishops' War. - 1664
1664The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established.
XVIII century
- 1707
1707The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Japan. - 1726
1726The novel Gulliver's Travels written by Jonathan Swift is published. - 1746
1746The 1746 Lima–Callao earthquake causes up to 6,000 deaths in Peru, the deadliest in its history up to that point. - 1776
1776American Revolutionary War: British troops under General William Howe attack General George Washington's Continental Army and capture Chatterton Hill in the Battle of White Plains during the New York and New Jersey campaign.
XIX century
- 1834
1834The Pinjarra massacre occurs in the Swan River Colony. An estimated 30 Noongar people are killed by British colonists. - 1835
1835The United Tribes of New Zealand are established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence. - 1864
1864American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital of Richmond is repulsed. - 1886
1886US president Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. - 1891
1891The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, occurs. - 1893
1893Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
XX century
- 1918
1918World War I: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War. - 1918
1918World War I: Czech politicians peacefully take over the city of Prague, thus establishing the First Czechoslovak Republic. - 1919
1919The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. - 1922
1922Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. - 1928
1928Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress. - 1940
1940World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later. - 1942
1942The Alaska Highway first connects Alaska to the North American railway network at Dawson Creek in Canada. - 1948
1948Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT. - 1948
1948Ecological disaster in Donora, Pennsylvania. - 1949
1949An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board. - 1954
1954Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19. - 1956
1956Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries. - 1958
1958John XXIII is elected Pope. - 1962
1962The Cuban Missile Crisis ends and Premier Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba. - 1965
1965Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Roman Catholic Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths. - 1971
1971Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. - 1982
1982The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. - 1989
1989Aloha Island Air Flight 1712, a Twin Otter 300, crashed into terrain at night in Hawaii killing all 20 occupants onboard. - 1990
1990Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule. - 1995
1995The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
XXI century
- 2006
2006A funeral service takes place at the Bykivnia graves for Ukrainians who were killed by the Soviet secret police. - 2007
2007Cristina Fernández de Kirchner becomes the first directly elected female President of Argentina. - 2009
2009The 28 October 2009 Peshawar bombing kills 117 and wounds 213. - 2009
2009NASA successfully launches the Ares I-X mission, the only rocket launch for its short-lived Constellation program. - 2009
2009US President Barack Obama signs the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. - 2013
2013Five people are killed and 38 are injured after a car crashes into barriers at Tiananmen Square in China. - 2014
2014A rocket carrying NASA's Cygnus CRS Orb-3 resupply mission to the International Space Station explodes seconds after taking off from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Wallops Island, Virginia. - 2018
2018Jair Bolsonaro is elected president of Brazil with 57 million votes, with Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad as the runner-up. It is the first time in 16 years that a Workers' Party candidate is not elected president. - 2023
2023The 2023 Rugby World Cup final is held at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France. It saw South Africa defeat New Zealand 12 to 11, claiming their fourth Webb Ellis Cup, becoming the first nation to do so. - 2025
2025Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic.
Best known
Born on October 28
Best known
Died on October 28
Maxentius
Roman emperor from 306 to 312
Bolesław III Wrymouth
Duke of Poland from 1107 to 1138
Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany
Queen of Germany from 1298 to 1308
Margaret I of Denmark
Scandinavian queen and founder of the Kalmar Union
Bianca Maria Visconti
Duchess of Milan
Ashikaga Yoshihide
Military ruler of Japan in 1568
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day: Abdias of Babylon
- Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Eadsige
- Christian feast day: Faro
- Christian feast day: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Firmilian
- Christian feast day: Godwin of Stavelot
- Christian feast day: Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: The Apostles Simon and Jude (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Lord of Miracles (Lima)
- Christian feast day: October 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
- International Animation Day (ASIFA)
- Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
Frequently asked questions
What happened on October 28?
57 documented historical events happened on October 28, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome. On the same day, in another year: Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
Who was born on October 28?
160 people with a Wikipedia article were born on October 28, including Spyros Kyprianou, Garrincha, Charlie Daniels. The list spans every era and every field — art, science, politics, sport, entertainment — ordered by year of birth, from the earliest to the most recent. The six featured people are those most has been written about: the ordering uses the length of their Wikipedia article as an indicator of prominence. For each one you find their occupation, year of birth and a link to the full biography.
Who died on October 28?
114 people with a Wikipedia article died on October 28, including Maxentius, Bolesław III Wrymouth, Elisabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
What is celebrated on October 28?
17 observances are celebrated on October 28 around the world: Christian feast day: Abdias of Babylon, Christian feast day: Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church), Christian feast day: Eadsige, Christian feast day: Faro, Christian feast day: Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church), Christian feast day: Firmilian. The list gathers national holidays, international days and religious or civil observances falling on this date in different countries, as recorded on Wikipedia. Some are fixed and recur on the same day every year; others depend on the local calendar. Each links to the article explaining its origin and meaning.
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