28 May in history
8 events that happened on 28 May, from 585 BCE to 1998.
✦ Anniversary of the day
621 CE 1,405 years ago
Li Shimin captures Dou Jiande at the Battle of Hulao
The Tang prince Li Shimin, besieging Wang Shichong in Luoyang, held the Hulao Pass against Dou Jiande's relieving Xia army, routed it and captured Dou. Wang surrendered soon after, and the victory gave the Tang control of the North China Plain.
934 CE 1,092 years ago
King Æthelstan begins his invasion of Scotland
The English king Æthelstan, first king of all England since 927, invaded Scotland by land and sea with a large force. No record of any battles fought during the invasion has survived, and Æthelstan returned to England later in the year.
1830 CE 196 years ago
Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act
The law authorised the president to exchange lands west of the Mississippi for Native territory in the East. It led to the forced removals known as the Trail of Tears, in which thousands died.
1871 CE 155 years ago
Paris Commune falls after the 'Bloody Week'
The last Communard defenders were overcome around the Père Lachaise cemetery. Government troops killed thousands during the week, and the Commune became a lasting symbol for the left.
1918 CE 108 years ago
Azerbaijan and Armenia declare independence
As the short-lived Transcaucasian federation broke up, the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the Republic of Armenia proclaimed independence. Both were absorbed by Soviet Russia in 1920.
Born on 28 May 5
Died on 28 May 3
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.