📅 Today in HistoryApril 28
The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V, effectively ending the Parthian Empire.
Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory over Magnus Magnentius.
Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title to the throne is confirmed by election. The killing is carried out by Hashshashin.
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, propounds Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism, in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.
Temür, grandson of Kublai, is elected Khagan of the Mongols with the reigning title Oljeitu.
The Battle of Cerignola is fought. It is noted as one of the first European battles in history won by small arms fire using gunpowder.
Establishment of the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, the Catholic University of the Philippines and the largest Catholic university in the world.
A combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commences the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch-Portuguese War.
