Historical Events on February 28

1071 middle ages battle

Battle fought on February 18, 1268

1408 final battle of the Percy Rebellion

1758 naval battle between Britain and France near the Spanish port during the Seven Years' War

1760 naval battle of the Seven Years' War

1799 minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars

1813 treaty between Russia and Prussia

USS Princeton Disaster of 1844

1847 battle of the Mexican-American War in Chihuahua State, Mexico

Historical battle in Nicaragua

Reichstag Fire Decree — 1933 decree in Nazi Germany that abolished key civil liberties for citizens

1944 massacre of Poles by Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

1953 Greek-Turkish-Yugoslav cooperation treaty

1967 battle in the Vietnam War

Earthquake in Portugal and Morocco

IRA attack in Northern Ireland

Assassination of Olof Palme — February 1986 murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme

Earthquake in Southern California

North Hollywood shootout — 1997 bank robbery and subsequent shootout between bank robbers and police

Earthquake in Ardabil Province, Iran

Earthquake in Washington, USA in March 2001

Terrorist attack in Xinjiang, China

Instance of sectarian violence in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

2015 Afghanistan avalanche

88th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2015

Incident during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Tempi train crash — collision of two trains in Greece, 28 February 2023