- August 28, 0475 The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital of Ravenna and appoints his own son Romulus Augustus in his place. Â
- August 28, 0489 “Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.”
- August 28, 1189 The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan
- August 28, 1521 The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
- August 28, 1542 “Reinforced with at least 600 arquebusiers and cavalry, Imam Ahmad Gragn attacks the Portuguese camp in the Battle of Wofla. The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovo da Gama captured and afterwards executed.”
- August 28, 1565 “St. Augustine, Florida, established. It is the oldest surviving European settlement in the United States.”
- August 28, 1609 Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands
- August 28, 1609 Explorer Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay
- August 28, 1609 Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
- August 28, 1619 Ferdinand II is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- August 28, 1640 King Charles I’s English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn
- August 28, 1655 New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service
- August 28, 1776 Battle of Long Island
- August 28, 1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn’s moon Enceladus
- August 28, 1830 The Tom Thumb presages the first railway service in the United States.
- August 28, 1845 Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.
- August 28, 1849 “After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.”
- August 28, 1859 “A geomagnetic storm causes the Aurora Borealis to shine so brightly that it is seen clearly over parts of USA, Europe, and even as further afield as Japan.”
- August 28, 1862 Battle of 2nd Bull Run
- August 28, 1862 “Belle Boyd released from Old Capital Prison in Washington, DC”
- August 28, 1862 “Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas.”
- August 28, 1867 The United States occupies Midway Island.
- August 28, 1867 US occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific
- August 28, 1879 “Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.”
- August 28, 1884 First known photograph of a tornado is made.
- August 28, 1884 The first known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard SD
- August 28, 1898 “Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink “”Pepsi-Cola””.”
- August 28, 1904 “The first jail sentence for speeding in an automobile is pronounced in Newport, RI.”
- August 28, 1907 “UPS is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.”
- August 28, 1913 Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
- August 28, 1914 The Royal Navy beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
- August 28, 1916 Italy declares war against Germany during WW I
- August 28, 1916 Italy declares war on Germany.
- August 28, 1917 10 suffragists arrested as they picket the White House
- August 28, 1917 Ten suffragists are arrested when picketing the White House.
- August 28, 1921 “2nd Pan-African Congress meets (London, Brussels & Paris)”
- August 28, 1922 “Joseph-Elzéar Bernier builds Craig Harbour, Canada’s most northerly settlement to date at 76 degrees I0′ N; on the Canadian Government Arctic Expedition.”
- August 28, 1922 The first radio commercial is broadcast. Queensboro Realty receives 10 minutes of air time on New York station WEAF for $100.
- August 28, 1924 Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
- August 28, 1937 Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.