WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. NOVEMBER
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Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. (28. November 587)

Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang. (28. November 936)

On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land. (28. November 1095)

Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag. (28. November 1443)

After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first European ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. (28. November 1520)

In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence. (28. November 1582)

The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa. (28. November 1627)

At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society. (28. November 1660)

At least 3,000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green. (28. November 1666)

The Treaty of Hopewell is signed. (28. November 1785)

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. (28. November 1811)

The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience. (28. November 1814)

Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia. (28. November 1821)

Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation. (28. November 1843)

American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates. (28. November 1862)

Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. (28. November 1885)

New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election. (28. November 1893)

The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours. (28. November 1895)

Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland. (28. November 1905)

In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. (28. November 1907)

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