What is March 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[37]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Caligula]] accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the [[Roman Senate|Senate]]. * [[193]] &ndash; [[Roman Emperor]] [[Pertinax]] was [[assassination|assassinated]] by [[Praetorian Guard]]s, who then sold the throne in an [[auction]] to [[Didius Julianus]]. * [[364]] &ndash; Roman Emperor [[Valentinian I]] appoints his brother [[Flavius Valens]] as co–Emperor. * [[845]] &ndash; [[Paris]] is sacked by [[Viking]] raiders, probably under [[Ragnar Lodbrok]], who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * [[1566]] &ndash; The foundation stone is laid for [[Valletta]], [[Malta]], by [[Jean Parisot de Valette]], Grand Master of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]. * [[1776]] &ndash; [[Juan Bautista de Anza]] sails into [[San Francisco Bay]] and claims the nearby land for [[Spain]]. * [[1795]] &ndash; [[Partitions of Poland]]: The [[Duchy of Courland]], a northern [[Fiefdom|fief]] of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]], ceased to exist and became part of [[Imperial Russia]]. * [[1802]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers]] discovers [[2 Pallas]], the second [[asteroid]] known to man. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Battle of Medellin]], [[Colombia]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; The [[Royal Navy]] defeats the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Battle of Valparaiso]], [[Chile]]. * [[1834]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] [[censure]]s [[President (United States)|President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] for his actions in defunding the [[Second Bank of the United States]]. * [[1854]] &ndash; [[Crimean War]]: [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] declare war on [[Russia]]. * [[1860]] &ndash; [[First Taranaki War]]: The [[Battle of Waireka]] broke out. * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Glorieta Pass]] – In [[New Mexico]], Union forces succeed in stopping the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on [[March 26]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; The [[Paris Commune]]