| 35281 | March 28 | Event | 1794 – Allies under Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld defeat French forces at Le Cateau. |
| 35282 | March 28 | Event | 1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia. |
| 35283 | March 28 | Event | 1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the second asteroid known to man. |
| 35284 | March 28 | Event | 1809 – Peninsular War: France defeats Spain in the Battle of Medellín. |
| 35285 | March 28 | Event | 1814 – War of 1812: The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom defeats the United States Navy in the Battle of Valparaiso, Chile. |
| 35286 | March 28 | Event | 1854 – Crimean War: France and Britain declare war on Russia. |
| 35287 | March 28 | Event | 1860 – First Taranaki War: The Battle of Waireka begins. |
| 35288 | March 28 | Event | 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Glorieta Pass – in New Mexico, Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory. The battle began on March 26. |
| 35289 | March 28 | Event | 1871 – The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris. |
| 35290 | March 28 | Event | 1883 – Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc. |
| 35291 | March 28 | Event | 1889 – The Yngsjö murder in Yngsjö, Sweden: Anna Månsdotter is arrested along with her son. |
| 35292 | March 28 | Event | 1910 – Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion, after taking off from a water runway near Martigues, France. |
| 35293 | March 28 | Event | 1913 – Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. |
| 35294 | March 28 | Event | 1920 – Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states. |
| 35295 | March 28 | Event | 1933 – The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airline lost to sabotage when a passenger sets a fire on board. |
| 35296 | March 28 | Event | 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege. |
| 35297 | March 28 | Event | 1941 – World War II: Battle of Cape Matapan – in the Mediterranean Sea, British Admiral Andrew Browne Cunningham leads the Royal Navy in the destruction of three major Italian heavy cruisers and two destroyers. |
| 35298 | March 28 | Event | 1942 – World War II: St Nazaire Raid: In occupied France, British naval forces successfully raid the German-occupied port of Saint-Nazaire. |
| 35299 | March 28 | Event | 1946 – Cold War: The United States State Department releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power. |
| 35300 | March 28 | Event | 1951 – First Indochina War: In the Battle of Mạo Khê, French Union forces, led by World War II hero Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, inflict a defeat on Việt Minh forces commanded by General Võ Nguyên Giáp. |
| 35301 | March 28 | Event | 1959 – The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet. |
| 35302 | March 28 | Event | 1968 – Brazilian high school student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot by the police in a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. The aftermath of his death is one of the first major events against the military dictatorship. |
| 35303 | March 28 | Event | 1969 – Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece. |
| 35304 | March 28 | Event | 1970 – Gediz earthquake: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killed 1,086 and injured 1,260. |
| 35305 | March 28 | Event | 1978 – The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, 435 U.S. 349, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity. |
| 35306 | March 28 | Event | 1979 – A coolant leak at the Three Mile Island's Unit 2 nuclear reactor outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania leads to the core overheating and a partial meltdown. |
| 35307 | March 28 | Event | 1979 – The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government, precipitating a general election. |
| 35308 | March 28 | Event | 1990 – President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal. |
| 35309 | March 28 | Event | 1994 – In South Africa, Zulus and African National Congress supporters battle in central Johannesburg, resulting in 18 deaths. |
| 35310 | March 28 | Event | 1994 – BBC Radio 5 is closed and replaced with a new news and sport station BBC Radio 5 Live. |