| 28 November 1561 | Livonia, Poland-Lithuania [political events] | In the Union of Wilno (present-day Vilnius), the last Master of the Teutonic Order (a German Christian military order) in Livonia, Gotthard Kettler, becomes the secular Duke of Courland and Senigallia and vassal of King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland. The Order's lands north of the Dvina River, largely occupied by Russia, Sweden, and Denmark-Norway, he cedes directly to Sigismund's other principality, Lithuania. |
| 28 November 1757 | England [births and deaths] | William Blake, English poet, painter, engraver, and mystic, born in London, England (–1828). |
| 28 November 1820 | Prussia [births and deaths] | Friedrich Engels, German socialist philosopher who, with Karl Marx, writes The Communist Manifesto (1848) which lays the foundations of modern communism, born in Barmen, Prussia (now Germany) (–1895). |
| 28 November 1821 | Colombia, Spain, Colombia [decolonization] | Panama declares itself independent of Spain and joins the Republic of Colombia. |
| 28 November 1850 | Austrian Empire, Prussia, Germany [diplomacy] | As a result of Russian mediation, Felix, Prince zu Schwarzenberg, of Austria and Otto von Manteuffel of Prussia sign the Punctation of Olmütz, by which Prussia subordinates itself to Austria and recognizes the Frankfurt diet (assembly) of the German Confederation. |
| 28 November 1864 | Greece [administration] | An advanced new democratic constitution in Greece does away with the upper Chamber of Deputies. |
| 28 November 1919 | United Kingdom [women's rights] | In Britain, Lady Nancy Astor is elected in a by-election and becomes the first woman member of Parliament to take her seat. |
| 28 November 1935 | United Kingdom [everyday life] | The Miles quads of St Neots, England, are the first quads to survive infancy. |
| 28 November–1 December 1943 | Iran, USA, UK, USSR [diplomacy] | At the Tehran Conference in Iran, President Franklin D Roosevelt of the USA and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Britain outline to the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin, the plan for an invasion of German-occupied France in 1944. |
| 28 November 1950 | Poland, East Germany [diplomacy] | Poland and East Germany proclaim the Oder–Neisse line as the frontier between the two countries, giving Poland territorial gains in the west to compensate for territory lost to the USSR at the end of World War II. |
| 28 November 1960 | Mauritania, France [decolonization] | The colony of Mauritania proclaims independence from France as an Islamic Republic. |
| 28 November 1964 | USA [space exploration] | The USA launches Mariner 4 to Mars. It will pass within 9,800 km/6,118 mi of the planet on 14 July 1965, and relay the first close-up photographs of the surface, as well as information on the Martian atmosphere. |
| 28 November 1975 | East Timor, Portugal [political events] | The Revolutionary Front for the Independence of East Timor (FRETILIN) unilaterally declares East Timor independent from Portugal. |
| 28 November 1989 | Czechoslovakia [political events] | The Czechoslovak prime minister, Ladislav Adamec, formally renounces the communist monopoly on power. |
| 28 November 1990 | UK [political events] | Margaret Thatcher resigns as British prime minister, to be succeeded by John Major. |
