📅 Today in HistoryMarch 28
Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus.
The Great German Pilgrimage, which had been under attack by Bedouin bandits for three days, is rescued by the Fatimid governor of Ramla.
The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
War of the Austrian Succession: In the Battle of Vilshofen, Austrian forces defeat French forces.
Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia.
Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples.
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid ever to be discovered.
