Template:On this day - April 28

The Great Captain

• 589 – Death of Prudentius, anchorite and cleric who became Bishop of Tarazona (present-day Spain) (b. 550).
• 796 – In the Emirate of Córdoba (Iberian Peninsula), after the death of Hisham I, his son Al-Hakam I is proclaimed emir.
• 1503 – At the Battle of Cerignola, the Spanish troops under the command of the Great Captain defeat the French under the command of the Duke of Nemours.
• 1522 – Charles I of Spain grants the status of city to the Villa of Santiago in Cuba.
• 1611 – In Manila (Philippines), the University of Santo Tomás is founded, the oldest in Asia.
• 1770 – Birth of Rita Luna, Spanish actress.
• 1812 – Death of Francisco Cabarrús, Spanish financier and senior official of French origin (b. 1752).
• 1843 – Death of Miguel Ramos Arizpe, Mexican cleric and politician of Novohispanic origin (b. 1775).
• 1862 – In Mexico, the Battle of Las Cumbres is fought between the Mexican army and the French expeditionary army.
• 1873 – In Peru, the new Department of Apurímac is established, comprising the provinces of Abancay, Andahuaylas, Aymaraes, Chincheros, Antabamba, Cotabambas and Grau.
• 1934 – In Spain, Ricardo Samper is elected head of government of the Second Spanish Republic.
• 1947 – An expedition of six men on the raft Kon Tiki sets out from the Port of Callao (Peru) bound for Polynesia. They will cover almost 7,000 kilometers in a 101-day crossing.
• 1959 – In Havana (Cuba), the cultural institution Casa de las Américas is founded.
• 1965 – In the Dominican Republic, the U.S. invasion begins.
• 1967 – Bolivia and the United States sign a memorandum of understanding to carry out counterinsurgency operations to fight the Ñancahuazú Guerrilla headed by Ernesto Che Guevara.
• 1989 – In the Peruvian town of Molinos (Junín), the army achieves a decisive victory against the terrorist movement MRTA.
• 2011 – The Cuban poet Fina García Marruz is awarded the Queen Sofía Prize for Ibero-American Poetry.
• 2012 – Death of Matilde Camus, Spanish writer, researcher, columnist and poet (b. 1919).
• 2021 – In Colombia, a social outburst begins, with marches and mass protests by the population, caused by the Tax Reform proposed by the government.