28 April in history
9 events that happened on 28 April, from 224 to 1969.
✦ Anniversary of the day
224 CE 1,802 years ago
Ardashir I defeats Artabanus IV at the Battle of Hormozdgan
At Hormozdgan, Ardashir I defeated the Parthian king Artabanus IV, who was killed. The victory ended almost five centuries of Parthian rule in Iran and marked the start of the Sasanian era.
357 CE 1,669 years ago
Constantius II makes his only visit to Rome
Emperor Constantius II entered Rome in triumph for the first time. The historian Ammianus Marcellinus described his astonishment at the Forum of Trajan and other monuments.
1253 CE 773 years ago
Nichiren first proclaims Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō in public
According to one of his letters, the Japanese monk Nichiren lectured at Seicho-ji Temple on the supremacy of the Lotus Sutra, then first declared Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō in public atop Mount Kiyosumi. The phrase became central to Nichiren Buddhism.
1789 CE 237 years ago
Fletcher Christian leads the mutiny on the Bounty
Mutineers seized HMS Bounty and set Captain William Bligh adrift with 18 men in an open launch. Bligh navigated some 6,700 km to Timor with the loss of only one man.
1818 CE 208 years ago
Rush-Bagot Agreement is proclaimed
President Monroe proclaimed the Anglo-American agreement limiting warships on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. It helped demilitarise the border between the United States and British North America.
1945 CE 81 years ago
Partisans shoot Mussolini near Lake Como
Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci were shot by partisans at Giulino di Mezzegra. The next day their bodies were hung upside down in Milan's Piazzale Loreto.
1952 CE 74 years ago
Japan regains its sovereignty as the Allied occupation ends
The Treaty of San Francisco came into force, ending the Allied occupation of Japan that had begun in 1945. A US-Japan security treaty took effect the same day.
1969 CE 57 years ago
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France
After voters rejected his referendum on regional and Senate reform, de Gaulle stepped down at noon. He had led the Fifth Republic since its foundation in 1958.
Born on 28 April 4
Died on 28 April 7
Dates as the sources give them: in the Julian calendar before 1582, and in some countries for longer (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918). Only people whose day of birth or death the records agree on are listed.