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The following events took place on August 28. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 55 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 475

  The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
• 489

  Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
• 663

  Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japan to withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
• 1189

  Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
• 1521

  The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
• 1524

  The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
• 1542

  Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
• 1565

  Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
• 1609

  Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
• 1619

  Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1640

  Second Bishop’s War: King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
• 1648

  Siege of Colchester ended when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the English Civil War.
• 1709

  Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
• 1789

  William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
• 1810

  Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navy fleet.
• 1830

  The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroads.
• 1833

  The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
• 1845

  The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
• 1849

  After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
• 1859

  The Carrington event disrupts electrical telegraph services and causes aurora to shine so brightly that they are seen clearly over the Earth’s middle latitudes.
• 1861

  American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
• 1862

  American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
• 1867

  The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
• 1879

  Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
• 1898

  Caleb Bradham invents the carbonated soft drink that will later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
• 1901

  Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. The first American private school in the country.
• 1909

  A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
• 1913

  Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
• 1914

  World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
• 1914

  World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.

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