Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.   

1814  On this day in history stendahl's 1st book is published   

1815  On January - 28 andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  On January - 28 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

1818  On this day in history george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905   

1819  On January - 28 sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore on January - 28.   

1820  On this day in history russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

1821  Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica on January - 28.   

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) on January - 28.   

1824  William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40) on January - 28.   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on January - 28.   

1828  Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor on this day in history.   

1829  On January - 28 william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1830  The opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1832  On this day in history franz Wullner, composer   

1833  Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum) on this day in history.   

1838  On January - 28 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

1841  The birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone on January - 28.   

1841  On this day in history henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)   

1846  On this day in history battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)   

1848  King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution on this day in history.   

1851  Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered on this day in history.   

1853  On January - 28 jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician   

1855  The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

1855  On January - 28 william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on January - 28.   

1860  On this day in history britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC on January - 28.   

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer on January - 28.   

1865  On January - 28 president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

1865  On this day in history pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

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

1312  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

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  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies