What is August 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[489]] &ndash; [[Theodoric the Great]], [[King]] of the [[Ostrogoths]], defeats [[Odoacer]] at the [[Battle of Isonzo]], forcing his way into present–day [[Italy]]. * [[663]] &ndash; Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato [[Japan]] to withdraw from [[Korea]] in the [[Battle of Baekgang]]. * [[1189]] &ndash; [[Third Crusade]]: The [[Crusade]]rs begin the [[Siege of Acre (1189–91)|Siege of Acre]], present–day [[Lebanon]], under [[Guy of Lusignan]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] occupy [[Belgrade]]. * [[1524]] &ndash; The Kaqchikel [[Maya people|Maya]] rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of [[Guatemala]]. * [[1565]] &ndash; [[Pedro Menendez de Aviles]] sights land near [[St. Augustine, Florida]], which becomes the oldest–continuously occupied [[Europe]]an–established city in the [[continent]]al [[United States]]. * [[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] reaches [[Delaware Bay]]. * [[1619]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Germany|Ferdinand II]] is elected [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1640]] &ndash; [[Second Bishop's War]]: [[Charles I of England]]'s [[army]] loses to a Scottish [[Covenanter]] force at the [[Battle of Newburn]]. * [[1709]] &ndash; [[Meidingnu Pamheiba]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Manipur]]. * [[1789]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers [[Enceladus (moon)|Enceladus]], a [[satellite (natural)|moon]] of [[Saturn (planet)|Saturn]]. * [[1845]] &ndash; The first edition of the ''[[Scientific American]]'' [[magazine]] is published. * [[1850]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]]'s [[Lohengrin]] Romantic [[opera]] is first performed in [[Weimar]], under direction of [[Franz Liszt]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[United States|Union]] Army successfully extends its blockage strategy by capturing the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forts on [[North Carolina]]'s Center Banks. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Second Battle of Bull Run]]. * [[1867