Historical milestones: Suleiman the Magnificent and Champollion's decipherment

Historical milestones commemorated on September 28 include the beginning of Suleiman the Magnificent's reign in 1520, marking the peak of Ottoman power and its influence over the Romanian lands. In 1822, French scholar Jean-François Champollion announced the deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs using the Rosetta Stone, a breakthrough that founded modern Egyptology.

Other notable events include the 1864 founding of the International Workingmen's Association by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in London. In the realm of infrastructure, the inauguration of the Adjud-Târgu Ocna railway section in 1884, designed by engineer Anghel Saligny, connected Moldova and Transylvania. Additionally, the date marks the 1825 opening of the world's first railway line in England and the 1737 presentation of a memorandum to the Vienna Diet by Ioan Inocenţiu Micu on behalf of Transylvanian Romanians.