Historical Events on 28th February ◀ Jan February Mar ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Ads by PlusHD.5Ad Options Events 1 - 200 of 204 202 BC - Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynastys rule over China 364 - Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor. 870 - 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople 1570 - Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas 1638 - Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1646 - Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church 1653 - -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch 1667 - English colony Suriname in Dutch hands 1692 - Salem witch hunt begins 1700 - Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar. 1704 - Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC 1704 - Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100 1708 - Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die 1710 - In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock. 1728 - George F Handels opera Siroe, re di Persia, premieres in London 1730 - Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy 1749 - 1st edition of Henry Fieldings Tom Jones published 1759 - Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages 1778 - Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves
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