Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 28
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July 28: Independence Day in Peru (1822)
- 1794 - Reign of Terror leader Maximilien Robespierre was guillotined.
- 1868 - The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was adopted, guaranteeing African Americans full citizenship and due process to all persons in the United States.
- 1914 - Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, starting World War I.
- 1990 - Alberto Fujimori became president of Peru.
- 1996 - The remains of the prehistoric Kennewick Man were discovered.