📅 Today in HistoryFebruary 28

Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.

The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.

Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.

The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

Elias Lönnrot signed and dated the foreword to the first version of the Kalevala, the so-called Old Kalevala.

A gun explodes on board the steam warship USS Princeton during a pleasure cruise down the Potomac River, killing six, including Secretary of State Abel Upshur. President John Tyler, who was also on board, was not injured from the blast.

The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.

February 28 incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the death of an estimated 18,000 - 28,000 civilians.

The 1948 Accra riots erupted following a march by ex-servicemen of the Gold Coast Regiment towards the seat of the colonial government at Christiansborg Castle where they were fired upon by Superintendant Colin Imray leading to the killing of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Odartey Lamptey and the arrest of the Big Six in the Gold Coast.