August 28th in History
August 28th
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Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus was executed on this day 388.
Magnus Maximus or Macsen Wledig as he was known to the Welsh, was born in Gallaecia in modern day Portugal c.335. He first came to Britain in 368 as a junior officer, during the quelling of the Great Conspiracy, when the Roman garrison on Hadrian's Wall rebelled. He was assigned again to Britain in 380 as a general in the Roman Army stationed in Wales, probably Caernarfon and defeated an incursion of the Picts and Scots in 381.
As Roman control over the Western Empire began to break down in the late 4th century, Maximus was chosen by his men as Emperor of Britain & Gaul. Then in 383, he declared himself Western Emperor. As Emperor he stripped western and northern Britain of troops and senior administrators to consolidate his bid for imperial power. It is thought that before he left, he took various steps to preserve the security of Britain by organising the peaceful settlement of the Irish Deisi tribe to defend Dyfed. Further, he also organised Cunedda and his Votadini tribe from Yr Hen Gogledd (Southern Scotland) to deal with the aggressive Irish Uí Liatháin tribe in North Wales.
For a time, Maximus was recognized as Western Emperor by Theodosius the Eastern Emperor. However, in 388, Theodosius campaigned against Maximus and defeated him in the Battle of the Save in modern day Croatia, thus forcing Maximus to retreat to Aquilea (at the head of the Adriatic) where he surrendered. Although he pleaded for mercy, Maximus was was executed.
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1207 King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen).
1830 The first American-built locomotive, "Tom Thumb," races a horse-drawn car from the Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills; due to mechanical problems, the horse wins!
1833 Britain's Slavery Abolition Act gains royal assent.
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On 28th August 1899, Owen Glynne Jones fell 1,650 feet to his death on the Ferpècle arete of the Dent Blanche in Switzerland.
Jones, who is recognised as completing the first recorded climb of Cader Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy in May 1888 was born in London in 1867 to Welsh parents and on the death of his mother in 1882, moved to Barmouth. He went on to achieve a first class honours degree in experimental physics and became physics master at the City of London School.
On 28th August 1994, Sunday trading became legal in Wales and England for the first time.
1964: The Beatles meet Bob Dylan for the first time at The Delmonico Hotel, New York where Dylan and mutual journalist friend Al Aronowitz introduce the group to marijuana.
2009: Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, saying he could no longer work with his brother Liam. He admits that they rarely speak, do not travel together and only see each other on stage.
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Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus was executed on this day 388.
Magnus Maximus or Macsen Wledig as he was known to the Welsh, was born in Gallaecia in modern day Portugal c.335. He first came to Britain in 368 as a junior officer, during the quelling of the Great Conspiracy, when the Roman garrison on Hadrian's Wall rebelled. He was assigned again to Britain in 380 as a general in the Roman Army stationed in Wales, probably Caernarfon and defeated an incursion of the Picts and Scots in 381.
As Roman control over the Western Empire began to break down in the late 4th century, Maximus was chosen by his men as Emperor of Britain & Gaul. Then in 383, he declared himself Western Emperor. As Emperor he stripped western and northern Britain of troops and senior administrators to consolidate his bid for imperial power. It is thought that before he left, he took various steps to preserve the security of Britain by organising the peaceful settlement of the Irish Deisi tribe to defend Dyfed. Further, he also organised Cunedda and his Votadini tribe from Yr Hen Gogledd (Southern Scotland) to deal with the aggressive Irish Uí Liatháin tribe in North Wales.
For a time, Maximus was recognized as Western Emperor by Theodosius the Eastern Emperor. However, in 388, Theodosius campaigned against Maximus and defeated him in the Battle of the Save in modern day Croatia, thus forcing Maximus to retreat to Aquilea (at the head of the Adriatic) where he surrendered. Although he pleaded for mercy, Maximus was was executed.
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1207 King John of England grants small town of Liverpool a charter (right to elect a mayor and aldermen).
1830 The first American-built locomotive, "Tom Thumb," races a horse-drawn car from the Stockton and Stokes stagecoach company from Baltimore to Ellicott Mills; due to mechanical problems, the horse wins!
1833 Britain's Slavery Abolition Act gains royal assent.
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On 28th August 1899, Owen Glynne Jones fell 1,650 feet to his death on the Ferpècle arete of the Dent Blanche in Switzerland.
Jones, who is recognised as completing the first recorded climb of Cader Idris by the east ridge of the Cyfrwy in May 1888 was born in London in 1867 to Welsh parents and on the death of his mother in 1882, moved to Barmouth. He went on to achieve a first class honours degree in experimental physics and became physics master at the City of London School.
On 28th August 1994, Sunday trading became legal in Wales and England for the first time.
1964: The Beatles meet Bob Dylan for the first time at The Delmonico Hotel, New York where Dylan and mutual journalist friend Al Aronowitz introduce the group to marijuana.
2009: Noel Gallagher quits Oasis, saying he could no longer work with his brother Liam. He admits that they rarely speak, do not travel together and only see each other on stage.
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