What is May 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[585 BC]] &ndash; A [[solar eclipse]] occurs, as predicted by [[Thales]], while [[Alyattes II|Alyattes]] is battling [[Cyaxares]], leading to a truce. This is one of the [[cardinal date]]s from which other dates can be calculated. * [[1453]] &ndash; The last Christian service takes place in the [[Hagia Sophia]] in [[Constantinople]], present–day [[Istanbul]], before it becomes a [[Mosque]]. * [[1503]] &ndash; [[James IV of Scotland]] and [[Margaret Tudor]] are married by [[Pope Alexander VI]] according to [[Papal Bull]]. * [[1503]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Everlasting Peace]] between [[Scotland]] and [[England]] is signed. It lasts 10 years. * [[1539]] &ndash; [[Hernando de Soto]] lands in [[Florida]]. * [[1588]] &ndash; The [[Spanish Armada]], with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from [[Lisbon]] heading for the [[English Channel]]. (It will take until [[May 30]] for all ships to leave port). * [[1754]] &ndash; [[French and Indian War]]: In the first engagement of the war, [[Virginia]] [[militia]] under 22–year–old Lieutenant Colonel [[George Washington]] defeat a [[France|French]] reconnaissance party at Jumonville Glen in what is now [[Fayette County, Pennsylvania|Fayette Couty]] in southwestern [[Pennsylvania]]. * [[1774]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: The first [[Continental Congress]] convenes. * [[1812]] &ndash; The [[Peace]] of [[Bucharest]] ends the Russo–Turkish War, giving more territory to [[Russia]]. * [[1830]] &ndash; US President [[Andrew Jackson]] signs the [[Indian Removal Act]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[54th Massachusetts]], the first [[African American]] regiment, leaves [[Boston, Massachusetts]], to fight for the [[United States|Union]]. * [[1864]] &ndash; The [[Montana]] Territory is created out of the northeastern part of the [[Idaho]] Territory. * [[1871]] &ndash; The [[Paris Commune]] falls. * [[1892]] &ndash; In [[San Francisco, California]], [[John Muir]] organizes the [[Sierra Club]]. *