March 28 in History

Historical Events on March 28

AD 37

Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
193

Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by Praetorian Guards, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
364

Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor.
1566

The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
1776

Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco.
1794

Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau.
1795

Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
1801

Treaty of Florence is signed.
1802

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
1809

Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín.
1814

War of 1812: In the Battle of Valparaíso, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength.
1842

First concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by Otto Nicolai.
1854

Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
1860

First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins.
1862

American Civil War: In the Battle of Glorieta Pass, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of the New Mexico Territory. The battle began on March 26.
1871

The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
1883

Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
1910

Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France.
1920

Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
1933

The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board.
1939

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
1941

World War II: Britain's Mediterranean Fleet sinks three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's Regia Marina.
1942

World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
1946

Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
1951

First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp.
1959

The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
1968

Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students.
1969

Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
1970

An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
1978

The US Supreme Court hands down 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
1979

A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown.
1979

The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election.
1990

United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
1994

In South Africa, African National Congress security guards kill dozens of Inkatha Freedom Party protesters.
1999

Kosovo War: Serb paramilitary and military forces kill 146 Kosovo Albanians in Izbica.
2003

In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
2005

An earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong), leaving 915-1,314 people dead and 340-1,146 injured.
2006

Massive protests are mounted against France's First Employment Contract law, meant to reduce youth unemployment.

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