What happend on 28th February

27.02
29.02
1900

The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.

1897

Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch in Madagascar, was deposed by a French military force.

1885

The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York State as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)

1883

The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

1870

The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.

1861

Colorado is organized as a United States territory.

1854

The United States Republican Party is organized in Ripon, Wisconsin.

1850

The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.

1849

Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, 4 months 21 days after leaving New York Harbor.

1844

A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others.