Browse Historical Events by Day: What Happened on July 28th?

The Papal States are established as Pepin the Short, King of the Franks, donates land to Pope Stephen II, creating a temporal domain for the papacy.

The Battle of Posada takes place between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary, resulting in a Hungarian victory.

The city of New Orleans is founded by French colonists under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

Peru declares its independence from Spain.

The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed by the Senate in 1966, is officially adopted, having been ratified by the requisite number of states. The Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” extending the provisions of the Bill of Rights to the states. More

World War I outbreak of hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Serbia begin.

Hitler becomes Party Chairman and leader of the Nazis.

The Bonus Army, a group of 43,000 demonstrators – 17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups gathered in Washington, D.C., to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. They were forcibly disbanded by the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C.

Stalin Issues Order No. 227: “Not a Step Back” The order, intended to galvanize the morale of the hard-pressed Red Army under German attack. More

During World War II, a firestorm killed 42,000 civilians in Hamburg, Germany. after 2,326 tons of bombs and incendiaries were dropped by the Allies.

A United States B-25 Mitchell bomber, on its way to LaGuardia Airport crashes into the the N.Y. Empire building near the 79th floor. The two pilots and one passenger aboard and 11 people in the building perished. More

A 7.8 earthquake razes the Chinese city of Tangshan located about 68 miles east of Beijing. The official death toll, reported was 242,000 persons, but it may have been twice as high. At least 700,000 more people were injured and the property damage was extensive. More