Historical Events In January - 28

1621  On January - 28 paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68   

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  On this day in history gottfried Vopelius, composer   

1687  On January - 28 johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday   

1688  Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

1689  On January - 28 english parliament ends king Charles II reign   

1691  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

1693  On January - 28 anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)   

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer   

1706  On January - 28 john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)   

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) on January - 28.   

1717  On this day in history mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)   

1722  On January - 28 johann Ernst Bach, composer   

1724  On January - 28 the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.   

1725  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on January - 28.   

1754  On this day in history horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on January - 28.   

1756  On January - 28 hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

1760  On January - 28 pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.   

1768  Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) on this day in history.   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia on January - 28.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on January - 28.   

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State on this day in history.   

1787  Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes on this day in history.   

1788  On January - 28 lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on this day in history.   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on January - 28.   

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies