What happend on 28th May

27.05
29.05
1774

American Revolutionary War: The first Continental Congress convenes.

1754

French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under 22-year-old Lieutenant Colonel George Washington defeat a French reconnaissance party at Jumonville Glen in what is now Fayette Couty in southwestern Pennsylvania.

1588

The Spanish Armada, with 130 ships and 30,000 men, begins to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel. (It will take until May 30 for all ships to leave port).

1503

James IV of Scotland and Margaret Tudor are married by Pope Alexander VI according to Papal Bull.

1503

The Treaty of Everlasting Peace between Scotland and England is signed, which would actually last 10 years.