April 28

Events

0224 - The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
0357 - Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
1253 - Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the very first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
1503 - The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
1611 - Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, The Catholic University of the Philippines, the largest Catholic university in the world.
1788 - Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution.
1869 - Chinese and Irish laborers for the Central Pacific Railroad working on the First Transcontinental Railroad lay ten miles of track in one day, a feat which has never been matched.
1930 - The Independence Producers hosted the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
2004 - CBS News released evidence of the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse. The photographs show rape and abuse from the American troops over Iraqi detainees.

Births

032 - Birth of Otho, Roman emperor (d. 69 AD)
1402 - Birth of Nezahualcoyotl, Acolhuan philosopher, warrior, poet and ruler (d. 1472)
1573 - Birth of Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX (d. 1650)
1630 - Birth of Charles Cotton, English poet and author (d. 1687)
1761 - Birth of Marie Harel, French cheesemaker (d. 1844)
1874 - Birth of Karl Kraus, Austrian journalist and author (d. 1936)
1921 - Birth of Rowland Evans, American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2001)

Deaths

0224 - Death of Artabanus V of Parthia (b. 191)
0948 - Death of Hu Jinsi, Chinese general and prefect
0988 - Death of Adaldag, archbishop of Bremen
1192 - Death of Conrad of Montferrat (b. 1140)
1260 - Death of Luchesius Modestini, founding member of the Third Order of St. Francis
1489 - Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1449)
1533 - Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
1643 - Death of Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
1710 - Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
1841 - Death of Peter Chanel, French priest, missionary, and martyr (b. 1803)
1957 - Death of Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
2013 - Death of John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1935)