On this day: 28 October
Events, births and deaths on 28 October. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Stephen Hui
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
- Births · Bowie Kuhn
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1016 · Births · Henry III
Events · 28
- 312(Julian date)Battle of the Milvian Bridge — 4th-century battle for control of Rome
- 1516Battle of Yaunis Khan — 1516 battle during the Ottoman–Mamluk War of 1516-17
- 1531(Julian date)Battle of Amba Sel — 1531 battle of the Ethiopian-Adal War
- 1664Royal Marines — marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom
- 17071707 Hōei earthquake — earthquake in Japan
- 17461746 Lima - Callao earthquake — earthquake and tsunami in Peru
- 1776Battle of White Plains — 1776 battle of the American Revolutionary War
- 1834Pinjarra massacre — massacre in Western Australia
- 1835Battle of Concepción — battle of the Texas Revolution, October 28, 1835
- 1835United Tribes of New Zealand — Māori confederation
- 18911891 Nōbi earthquake — October 1891 earthquake that struck Mino and Owari in Japan
- 1918Czechoslovakia — country in Central Europe (1918–1992)
- 1928Youth Pledge — National important event in the Indonesian independence movement
- 1940Greco-Italian War — conflict between Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941
- 1940Ohi Day — Holiday honoring defiance of the Greek government and people against Fascist Italy in World War II
- 19491949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash — aviation accident
- 19581958 conclave — conclave
- 1965Gateway Arch — monument in St. Louis, Missouri
- 19821982 Spanish general election — Spanish general election
- 1989Aloha IslandAir Flight 1712 — 1989 aviation accident in Hawaii
- 1990
- 19951995 Baku Metro fire — Fatal fire accident
- 20072007 Argentine general election — Argentine general election in 2007
- 200928 October 2009 Peshawar bombing — 2009 terror attack in Peshawar, Pakistan
- 20132013 Tiananmen Square car attack — Terror Attack
- 2014Cygnus CRS Orb-3 — failed ISS resupply mission
- 20182018 Brazilian general election — Election in Brazil
- 20232023 Rugby World Cup Final — final 2023 Rugby World Cup match on October 28th, 2023
Births · 60
- 1016(Julian date)Henry III — Holy Roman Emperor
- 1466(Julian date)Erasmus — Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
- 1510(Julian date)Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía — Grandee of Spain and Jesuit priest (1510–1572)
- 1585Cornelius Jansen — Bishop and theologian (1585-1638)
- 1667Maria Anna of Neuburg — Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)
- 1696Maurice de Saxe — Marshal General of France (1696-1750)
- 1815Ľudovít Štúr — Slovak poet, philosopher, linguist, publicist, politician and writer (1815–1856)
- 1818(Julian date)Ivan Turgenev — Russian writer (1818–1883)
- 1837Tokugawa Yoshinobu — 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (1837–1913)
- 1846Auguste Escoffier — French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)
- 1854Jean-Marie Guyau — French writer and philosopher (1854-1888)
- 1867Sister Nivedita — Scots-Irish social worker, author, teacher and disciple of Swami Vivekananda
- 1897Edith Head — American film and television costumer (1897-1981)
- 1902Elsa Lanchester — British-American actress (1902–1986)
- 1903Evelyn Waugh — British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
- 1908Arturo Frondizi — President of Argentina (1908–1995)
- 1909Francis Bacon — Irish-born British figurative painter (1909–1992)
- 1914Jonas Salk — Jewish-American inventor of polio vaccine (1914–1995)
- 1914Richard Laurence Millington Synge — British biochemist (1914–1994)
- 1929Joan Plowright — British actress (1929–2025)
- 1930Bernie Ecclestone — British business magnate (born 1930)
- 1933Garrincha — Brazilian association football player (1933–1983)
- 1937Lenny Wilkens — American basketball player and coach (1937–2025)
- 1938Anne Perry — English author (1938–2023)
- 1939Jane Alexander — American actress (born 1939)
Deaths · 60
- 312(Julian date)Maxentius — Roman emperor (r. 306–312)
- 457Ibas of Edessa — Bishop of Edessa
- 1138(Julian date)Bolesław III Wrymouth — duke of Poland between 1107 and 1138
- 1225(Julian date)Jien — Japanese poet
- 1310Athanasius I of Constantinople — Patriarch of Constantinople (1289–1293 and 1303 –1309)
- 1312Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany — German queen
- 1412(Julian date)Margaret I of Denmark — Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
- 1592Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq — Flemish scholar and diplomat (1522–1592)
- 1627Jahangir I — the fourth Mughal Emperor from 1605 to 1627
- 1639Stefano Landi — Italian composer and teacher (1587-1639)
- 1646William Dobson — English portrait painter (1610-1646)
- 1676Jean Desmarets — French writer and dramatist (1595–1676)
- 1703(Julian date)John Wallis — English mathematician (*1616 – †1703)
- 1704John Locke — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
- 1708Prince George, Duke of Cumberland — husband of Queen Anne, who reigned over Great Britain from 1702
- 1754Friedrich von Hagedorn — German poet
- 1755Joseph Bodin de Boismortier — French composer (1689-1755)
- 1768Michel Blavet — French flutist and composer (1700-1768)
- 1787Johann Karl August Musäus — German writer (1735-1787)
- 1792John Smeaton — English engineer (1724-1792)
- 1806Charlotte Turner Smith — English poet, novelist (1749–1806)
- 1818Abigail Adams — First Lady of the United States from 1797 to 1801
- 1841Johan August Arfwedson — Swedish chemist (1792-1841)
- 1857Louis-Eugène Cavaignac — French general and politician (1802-1857)
- 1877Robert Swinhoe — British diplomat and naturalist (1836-1877)
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