Historical Events In January - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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