What happend on 28th August

27.08
29.08
1916

Germany declares war on Romania.

1914

The British fleet beats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.

1913

Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.

1898

Caleb Bradham renames his carbonated soft drink "Pepsi-Cola".

1884

First known photograph of a tornado is made.

1879

Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.

1867

The United States occupies Midway Island.

1862

Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the battle of Second Manassas

1850

Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin premieres in Weimar, Germany.

1849

After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent, surrenders to Austria.