WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. SEPTEMBER
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Pompey the Great is assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. (28. September 48. BC)

Pope Pontian resigns. He and Hippolytus, church leader of Rome, are exiled to the mines of Sardinia. (28. September 235)

Battle of Mursa Major: the Roman Emperor Constantius II defeats the usurper Magnentius. (28. September 351)

Roman usurper Procopius bribes two legions passing by Constantinople, and proclaims himself Roman emperor. (28. September 365)

Saint Wenceslas is murdered by his brother, Boleslaus I of Bohemia. (28. September 935)

Members of Slavník's dynasty – Spytimír, Pobraslav, Pořej and Čáslav are murdered by Boleslaus's son, Boleslaus II the Pious. (28. September 995)

William the Bastard (as he was known at the time) invades England beginning the Norman conquest of England. (28. September 1066)

The Battle of Tinchebray – Henry I of England defeats his brother, Robert Curthose. (28. September 1106)

Muslim Valencia surrenders to the besieging King James I of Aragon the Conqueror. (28. September 1238)

Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor defeats Frederick I of Austria in the Battle of Mühldorf. (28. September 1322)

Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. (28. September 1448)

Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Navy scores a decisive victory over a Holy League fleet in the Battle of Preveza. (28. September 1538)

Navigator Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrives at what is now San Diego, California, United States. (28. September 1542)

American Revolution: Samuel Huntington is elected President of the Continental Congress, succeeding John Jay. (28. September 1779)

American forces backed by a French fleet begin the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. (28. September 1781)

The newly completed United States Constitution is voted on by the U.S. Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval. (28. September 1787)

France becomes the first country to emancipate its Jewish population. (28. September 1791)

Oscar I of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Sweden. (28. September 1844)

Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario. (28. September 1867)

The United States takes control of Midway Island. (28. September 1867)

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