📅 October 28 · Battle of the Milvian Bridge, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Royal Marines, Statue…
October 28 in history: • 312 – Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: Constantine the Great defeated Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in Rome. → go there • 1453 – Ladislaus the Posthumous was crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remained in control of the government. → go there • 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, the forerunner to the Royal Marines, was established at the grounds of the Honourable Artillery Company in London. → go there • 1886 – In New York Harbor, U.S. president Grover Cleveland dedicated the Statue of Liberty (pictured), a gift from France commemorating the Declaration of Independence. → go there • 2013 – The first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history took place when members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others. → go there Died 1806: Charlotte Turner Smith Wiki link Born 1876: Rosalie Slaughter Morton Wiki link Born 1986: Aki Toyosaki Wiki link Died 2023: Matthew Perry Wiki link Pictured: Statue of Liberty.