Today’s Historical Events for February 28
- 202 BC Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty’s rule over China
- 364 Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor
- 870 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
- 1570 Anti-Portuguese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
- 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh
- 1646 Roger Scott tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church
- 1653 -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beat Dutch
- 1667 English colony Suriname in Dutch hands
- 1700 Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar
- 1704 Frenchman Elias Neau opens a school for blacks in NYC
- 1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
- 1708 Slave revolt in Newton, Long Island NY results in 11 deaths
- 1710 In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock
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