What is October 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[306]] &ndash; [[Maxentius]] is proclaimed Roman Emperor. Also on this day, in [[312]], he is defeated in battle and drowns in the [[River Tiber]]. * [[312]] &ndash; [[Battle of Milvain Bridge]]: [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] defeats [[Maxentius]] to become [[Roman Emperor]]. * [[1344]] &ndash; The lower town of [[Smyrna]] ([[Izmir]]), in present–day [[Turkey]], is captured by [[Crusade]]rs. * [[1420]] &ndash; [[Beijing]] officially becomes the capital city of [[Ming Dynasty]] [[China]]. * [[1492]] &ndash; [[Christopher Columbus]] reaches [[Cuba]]. * [[1516]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yaunis Khan]]: [[Turkey|Turkish]] forces under Grand Vizier [[Sinan Pasha]] defeat the [[Mameluks]] near [[Gaza]]. * [[1531]] &ndash; [[Battle of Amba Sel]]: Imam [[Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi]] defeats the army of [[Lebna Dengel]], [[Emperor]] of [[Ethiopia]]. Imam Ahmad takes control of southern [[Ethiopia]]. * [[1628]] &ndash; The [[Siege of La Rochelle]], [[France]], is ended through forces loyal to King [[Louis XIII of France]], following the surrender of the mainly [[Huguenot]] challenge. * [[1636]] &ndash; [[Harvard University]] is founded. * [[1644]] &ndash; The [[Regiment]] that later becomes the [[Royal Marines]] is founded by the then–Duke of York, later King [[James II of England]]/VII of [[Scotland]]. * [[1707]] &ndash; The Hoei [[earthquake]] causes over 5,000 deaths in [[Honshu]], [[Shikoku]] and [[Kyushu]], [[Japan]]. * [[1746]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] of [[Lima]], [[Peru]], of estimated magnitude 8.4, kills around 18,000 people. The coastal city of [[Callao]] is almost completely destroyed. * [[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: A [[Great Britain|British]] proclamation forbids residents to leave [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British forces arrive at White Plains, [[New York (state)|New York]] and attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. * [[1834]] &ndash; [[Battle of Pinjarra]]: In