Editing August 28 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] discovers [[Delaware Bay]].
*[[1619]] &ndash; Election of [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]].
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Bishops' Wars#Second Bishops' War (1640)|Second Bishop's War]]: King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s English army loses to a [[Covenanter|Scottish Covenanter]] force at the [[Battle of Newburn]].
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Second English Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Colchester]] ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks.
*[[1709]] &ndash; [[Pamheiba|Meidingnu Pamheiba]] is crowned King of [[Manipur]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[William Herschel]] discovers a new [[Moons of Saturn|moon of Saturn]]: [[Enceladus]].
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[French Navy]] accepts the surrender of a British [[Royal Navy]] fleet at the [[Battle of Grand Port]]. 
*[[1830]] &ndash; The [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]]'s new ''[[Tom Thumb (locomotive)|Tom Thumb]]'' [[steam locomotive]] races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
*[[1833]] &ndash; The [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833]] receives [[royal assent]], making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the [[British Empire]] with [[Slavery Abolition Act 1833#Exceptions and continuations|exceptions]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Slavery Abolition Act 1833 (repealed 19.11.1998) |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Will4/3-4/73/1991-02-01/data.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=28 August 2022 |website=legislation.gov.uk}}</ref>
*[[1845]] &ndash; The first issue of ''[[Scientific American]]'' magazine is published.
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire]]: After a month-long siege, [[Venice]], which had declared itself independent as the [[Republic of San Marco]], surrenders to Austria.
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Richard Wagner]]’s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' premieres at the [[Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle Weimar|Staatskapelle Weimar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abellthe |first=Arthur M. |date=27 August 1950 |title=Turning Point: Tomorrow is the 100th Anniversary of the Premiere of ''Lohengrin'' |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/08/27/archives/turning-point-tomorrow-is-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-premiere-of.html |access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[Solar storm of 1859|Carrington event]] is the strongest [[geomagnetic storm]] on record to strike the Earth. [[Electrical telegraph]] service is widely disrupted.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces attack [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]] in the [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] which lasts for two days.
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: The [[Second Battle of Bull Run]], also known as the Battle of Second Manassas, begins in Virginia.  The battle ends on August 30 with another Union defeat.  
*[[1867]] &ndash; The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) [[Midway Atoll]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: [[Cetshwayo]], last king of the [[Zulu people|Zulu]]s, is captured by the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]].
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Caleb Bradham]]'s beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "[[Pepsi|Pepsi-Cola]]".