December 28 in History

40 events 418 – 2025

December 28 spans 40 recorded events across recorded history — from 418 – 2025. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in t

2025 — Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution

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In 2025, Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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The 2025–2026 Iranian protests are a series of nationwide demonstrations against the government of Iran that began on 28 December 2025 amid a deepening economic crisis. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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The unrest followed a sharp depreciation of the Iranian rial, rising inflation, and widespread shortages linked to international sanctions and government mismanagement. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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This event has been the largest uprising in Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, spreading to more than 200 cities across the country. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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The ensuing crackdown, reportedly carried out under orders by Ali Khamenei and senior officials to use live fire on protesters, resulted in massacres that left thousands of protesters dead, making them the largest massacres in modern Iranian history. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.


A papal election begins, resulting in the election of Pope Boniface I.
Head of the Catholic Church from 418 to 422
Pope Boniface I was the bishop of Rome from 28 December 418 to his death on 4 September 422. His election was disputed by the supporters of Eulalius until the dispute was settled by Emperor Honorius. Boniface was active in maintaining church discipline, and he restored certain privileges to the metropolitical sees of Narbonne and Vienne, exempting them from any subjection to the primacy of Arles. He was a contemporary of Augustine of Hippo, who dedicated to him some of his works.
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418
Majorian is acclaimed as Western Roman emperor.
Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461
Majorian was Western Roman emperor from 457 to 461. A prominent commander in the Western military, Majorian deposed Avitus in 457 with the aid of his ally Ricimer at the Battle of Placentia. Possessing little more than Italy and Dalmatia, as well as some territory in Hispania and northern Gaul, Majorian campaigned vigorously for three years against the Empire's enemies. In 461, he was murdered at Dertona in a conspiracy, and his successors until the fall of the Empire in 476 were puppets either of barbarian generals or the Eastern Roman court.
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457
Alaric II succeeds his father Euric and becomes king of the Visigoths.
He establishes his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour (Southern Gaul).
Alaric II was the King of the Visigoths from 484 until 507. He succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths in Toulouse on 28 December 484; he was the great-grandson of the more famous Alaric I, who sacked Rome in 410. He established his capital at Aire-sur-l'Adour in Aquitaine. His dominions included not only the majority of Hispania but also Gallia Aquitania and the greater part of an as-yet undivided Gallia Narbonensis.
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484
An earthquake destroys the city of Dvin, Armenia.
Earthquake in Armenia
The 893 Dvin earthquake occurred on 28 December 893 at around midnight. It had a magnitude of approximately 6 and a maximum intensity of approximately IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. It destroyed the city of Dvin in Armenia, causing approximately 30,000 casualties.
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893
Edward the Confessor's Romanesque monastic church at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
King of England from 1042 to 1066
Edward the Confessor was King of the English from 1042 until his death in 1066. He was the last reigning monarch of the House of Wessex.
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1065
The reign of Emperor Hanazono of Japan begins.
Emperor of Japan from 1308 to 1318
Emperor Hanazono was the 95th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. His reign spanned the years from 1308 through 1318.
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1308
The Marathas defeat the Adilshahi forces in the Battle of Kolhapur.
1674–1818 empire in the Indian subcontinent
The Maratha Empire, sometimes known as Hindavi Swarajya, and later referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern empire in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Peshwa and four major independent Maratha states under the nominal leadership of the former and nominal loyalty to the Chhatrapatis who were successors of the founder of the empire, the great — Shivaji Maharaj.
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1659
King Taksin's coronation achieved through conquest as a king of Thailand and established Thonburi as a capital.
King of Siam from 1767 to 1782
Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.
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1768
Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).
Historic road in Ontario, Canada
Yonge Street is a major arterial route in the Canadian province of Ontario connecting the shores of Lake Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Ontario's first colonial administrator, John Graves Simcoe, named the street for his friend Sir George Yonge.
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1795
John C.
Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign. He resigned after being elected Senator from South Carolina.
John Caldwell Calhoun was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. In the late 1820s, his views shifted, and he became a leading proponent of states' rights, limited government, nullification, and opposition to high tariffs, and distinguished himself as an outspoken defender of American slavery. Calhoun saw Northern acceptance of those policies as a condition of the South remaining in the Union. His beliefs heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860 and 1861. Calhoun was the first of two vice presidents to resign from the position, the second being Spiro Agnew, who resigned in 1973.
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1832
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1992
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1990
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1989
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1987
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1986
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1984
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2025
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2023
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What happened on December 28?

A featured event on this date is 2025: Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution. This page also lists 40 events from other years on the same day.

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December 28 brings together events, births, and deaths across many eras, which makes it useful for seeing how one calendar date connects different historical turning points.

Who was born on December 28?

Notable birthdays on this date include Tom Cannon, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Iqbaal Ramadhan.

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Who died on December 28?

Notable deaths on this date include Brigitte Bardot, Charles Dolan, Vijayakanth.

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What happened on December 28 in history?

On December 28, one notable event in history was 2025: Unrest in the form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution..

This date currently highlights 40 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 418 – 2025.

DateDecember 28
Featured year2025
Locationthe form of mass protests erupt across Iran, the largest uprising in the country since the Iranian Revolution
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