| 123091 | October 28 | Event | 1344 – The lower town of Smyrna is captured by Crusaders. |
| 123092 | October 28 | Event | 1420 – Beijing is officially designated the capital of the Ming dynasty on the same year that the Forbidden City, the seat of government, is completed. |
| 123093 | October 28 | Event | 1449 – Christian I is crowned king of Denmark. |
| 123094 | October 28 | Event | 1492 – Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. |
| 123095 | October 28 | Event | 1516 – Battle of Yaunis Khan: Turkish forces under the Grand Vizier Sinan Pasha defeat the Mamluks near Gaza. |
| 123096 | October 28 | Event | 1531 – Battle of Amba Sel: Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi again defeats the army of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia. The southern part of Ethiopia falls under Imam Ahmad's control. |
| 123097 | October 28 | Event | 1538 – The first university in the New World (in present-day Dominican Republic), the Universidad Santo Tomás de Aquino, is established. |
| 123098 | October 28 | Event | 1628 – French Wars of Religion: The Siege of La Rochelle, which had lasted for 14 months, ends with the surrender of the Huguenots. |
| 123099 | October 28 | Event | 1636 – A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University. |
| 123100 | October 28 | Event | 1664 – The Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot, later to be known as the Royal Marines, is established. |
| 123101 | October 28 | Event | 1707 – The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan |
| 123102 | October 28 | Event | 1775 – American Revolutionary War: A British proclamation forbids residents from leaving Boston. |
| 123103 | October 28 | Event | 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of White Plains: British Army forces arrive at White Plains, attack and capture Chatterton Hill from the Americans. |
| 123104 | October 28 | Event | 1834 – The Pinjarra massacre occurred in the Swan River Colony at present-day Pinjarra, Western Australia. An estimated 30 Noongar people were killed by British colonists. |
| 123105 | October 28 | Event | 1835 – The United Tribes of New Zealand is established with the signature of the Declaration of Independence. |
| 123106 | October 28 | Event | 1848 – The first railroad in Spain between Barcelona and Mataró is opened. |
| 123107 | October 28 | Event | 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) ends: Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around |
| 123108 | October 28 | Event | 1886 – In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The first ticker tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the statue is dedicated. |
| 123109 | October 28 | Event | 1891 – The Mino–Owari earthquake, the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history, strikes Gifu Prefecture. |
| 123110 | October 28 | Event | 1893 – Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique, receives its première performance in St. Petersburg, only nine days before the composer's death. |
| 123111 | October 28 | Event | 1904 – Panama and Uruguay establish diplomatic links. |
| 123112 | October 28 | Event | 1915 – Richard Strauss conducts the first performance of his tone poem Eine Alpensinfonie in Berlin. |
| 123113 | October 28 | Event | 1918 – World War I: Czechoslovakia is granted independence from Austria-Hungary marking the beginning of an independent Czechoslovak state, after 300 years. |
| 123114 | October 28 | Event | 1918 – A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established. |
| 123115 | October 28 | Event | 1919 – The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January. |
| 123116 | October 28 | Event | 1922 – March on Rome: Italian fascists led by Benito Mussolini march on Rome and take over the Italian government. |
| 123117 | October 28 | Event | 1928 – Declaration of the Youth Pledge in Indonesia, the first time Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem, was sung. |
| 123118 | October 28 | Event | 1929 – Black Monday, a day in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, which also saw major stock market upheaval. |
| 123119 | October 28 | Event | 1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. So, Greco-Italian War began. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. |
| 123120 | October 28 | Event | 1942 – The Alaska Highway (Alcan Highway) is completed through Canada to Fairbanks, Alaska. |