Today in History
On This Day In History
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jul 28, 388 |
Battle at Aquileja: Emperor Theodosius beats emperor Magnus Maximis |
Jul 28, 754 |
Pope Stephen II, [III] makes Pippin de Korte, King of France |
Jul 28, 1148 |
Crusaders attack Damascus |
Jul 28, 1434 |
Navigator Gil Eanes leaves Cape Bojador for Lisbon |
Jul 28, 1579 |
Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid |
Jul 28, 1586 |
Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to Europe on return to England |
Jul 28, 1609 |
Admiral George Somers settles in Bermuda |
Jul 28, 1635 |
Spanish marshal Piccolomini conquerors Schenkenschans |
Jul 28, 1696 |
De Croissy succeeds Le Plectia as French minister of Finance |
Jul 28, 1708 |
Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC |
Jul 28, 1717 |
Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs |
Jul 28, 1741 |
Capt Bering discovers Mount St Elias, Alaska |
Jul 28, 1742 |
Prussia & Austria sign peace treaty |
Jul 28, 1794 |
French Revolution figure Robespierre & 22 other leaders of "the Terror" guillotined to thunderous cheers in Paris |
Jul 28, 1808 |
Mahmud II succeeds Mustafa IV as sultan of Turkey |
Jul 28, 1821 |
Peru declares independence from Spain (National Day) |
Jul 28, 1849 |
Memmon is 1st clipper to reach SF, 120 days out of NY |
Jul 28, 1851 |
Total solar eclipse captured on a daguerreotype photograph |
Jul 28, 1858 |
First use of fingerprints as a means of identification is made by Sir William James Herschel of the Indian Civil Service |
Jul 28, 1858 |
Nadar takes 1st airborne photo (in a balloon) |
Jul 28, 1862 |
Confederate forces defeated at More's Hill, Mo |
Jul 28, 1864 |
2nd day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia |
Jul 28, 1864 |
Battle of Atlanta: GA (Ezra Church) - second sortie US700 CS4642 |
Jul 28, 1866 |
Metric system becomes a legal measurement system in US |
Jul 28, 1868 |
US Secretary of State William H. Seward announces 14th Amendment ratified by states, grants citizenship to ex-slaves |
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