Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Wednesday, 02 April 2025
1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.
1312 Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.
1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.
1540 On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)
1582 John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.
1608 On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer
1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on this day in history.
1622 On January - 28 birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)
1627 Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on January - 28.
1645 On this day in history birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 On January - 28 birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on this day in history.
1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) was born on January - 28.
1693 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on this day in history.
1701 On January - 28 birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)
1702 On this day in history birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
1706 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1714 On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
1717 Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) was born on January - 28.
1717 On January - 28 birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)
1719 Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.
1722 On January - 28 birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer
1756 Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer was born on January - 28.
1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on January - 28.
1768 On January - 28 birth of frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
1775 On this day in history birth of peter the Great, Russia
1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State was born on this day in history.
1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on January - 28.
1818 On this day in history birth of george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
1822 Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) was born on January - 28.
1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on January - 28.