What is December 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[418]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface I|St. Boniface I]] becomes [[Pope]]. * [[457]] &ndash; [[Majorian]] is crowned West Roman Emperor. * [[484]] &ndash; [[Alaric II]] becomes [[King]] of the [[Visigoths]]. * [[856]] &ndash; A [[Viking]] attack on [[Paris]] occurs. * [[893]] &ndash; An [[earthquake]] destroys the city of Dvin, [[Armenia]]. * [[1065]] &ndash; [[Westminster Abbey]] is consecrated. * [[1308]] &ndash; The reign of [[Emperor Hanazono of Japan|Emperor Hanazono]], the 95th [[Emperor of Japan|imperial ruler]] of [[Japan]], began. * [[1612]] &ndash; [[Galileo Galilei]] was the first [[astronomer]] to observe the [[planet]] [[Neptune (planet)|Neptune]] when it was in [[astronomical conjunction|conjunction]] with [[Jupiter (planet)|Jupiter]], yet there is dispute as to whether he mistakenly catalogued it as a [[fixed star]] because of its extremely slow motion along the [[ecliptic]] at that time. Neptune was not officially discovered until [[1846]], about 234 years after Galileo first sighted it with his [[telescope]]. * [[1768]] &ndash; [[Taksin]] is crowned [[King]] of [[Siam]]. * [[1832]] &ndash; [[John C. Calhoun]] becomes the first [[Vice President of the United States]] to resign. * [[1835]] &ndash; [[Osceola]] led his [[Seminole (tribe)|Seminole]] warriors in [[Florida]] into the [[Second Seminole War]] against the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]]. * [[1836]] &ndash; [[South Australia]] and [[Adelaide]] are founded * [[1836]] &ndash; [[Spain]] recognizes independence of [[Mexico]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; [[Iowa]] is admitted as the 29th [[U.S. state]]. * [[1867]] &ndash; The [[United States]] claims [[Midway Atoll]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]], northwest of [[Hawaii]]. This is the first US annexation of territory outside the [[North America]]n [[continent]]. * [[1879]] &ndash; The [[Tay Rail Bridge]] Disaster: The central part of the [[Tay Rail Bridge]] in [[Dundee]], [[Scotland]] collapses as a train passes over it, killing 75. * [[1885]] &ndash; The [[Ind