What is September 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[48 BC]] &ndash; [[Pompey|Pompey the Great]] is assassinated on orders of King [[Ptolemy XII|Ptolemy]] of [[Egypt]] after landing in Egypt. It may have occurred on [[September 29]], his 58th birthday, but records are unclear. * [[235]] &ndash; [[Pope Pontian]] resigns. * [[365]] &ndash; Roman usurper [[Procopius]] bribes two legions passing by [[Constantinople]] and proclaims himself Roman Emperor. * [[935]] &ndash; [[Saint Wenceslas]] is [[murder]]ed by his brother, [[Boleslaus I of Bohemia]]. * [[1066]] &ndash; [[William the Conqueror]] invades England. * [[1106]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Tinchebrai]] – [[Henry I of England]] defeats his brother, [[Robert Curthose]]. * [[1238]] &ndash; [[Islam|Muslim]] [[Valencia]] surrenders to the besieging King [[James I of Aragon]] the Conqueror. * [[1322]] &ndash; [[Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor]] defeats [[Frederick I of Austria (Habsburg)|Frederick I of Austria]] in the [[Battle of Mühldorf]]. * [[1448]] &ndash; [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]] is crowned king of [[Denmark]]. * [[1538]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Navy]] scores a decisive victory over the [[Holy League]] fleet in the [[Battle]] of Preveza. * [[1542]] &ndash; Navigator [[Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo]] of [[Portugal]] arrives as what is now [[San Diego, California|San Diego]]. * [[1708]] &ndash; [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] defeats the Swedes at the [[Battle of Lesnaya]]. * [[1779]] &ndash; [[Samuel Huntington (statesman)|Samuel Huntington]] is elected [[President of the Continental Congress]], succeeding [[John Jay]]. * [[1781]] &ndash; [[United States|American]] forces backed by a [[France|French]] fleet begin the siege of [[Battle of Yorktown (1781)|Yorktown Heights]], [[Virginia]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. * [[1787]] &ndash; The just completed [[United States Constitution]] is voted on by the [[United States Congress]] to be sent to the [[State legislature]]s for approval. * [[1791]] &ndash; [[France]] become