Historical Events In January - 28

1621  Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer on January - 28.   

1645  On January - 28 gottfried Vopelius, composer   

1687  On this day in history johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday   

1688  Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter on January - 28.   

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer   

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.   

1714  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)   

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

1722  On January - 28 johann Ernst Bach, composer   

1724  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 on January - 28.   

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

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

1754  On January - 28 ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1756  On this day in history hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on January - 28.   

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

1768  On January - 28 frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)   

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia on January - 28.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State on January - 28.   

1787  Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes on January - 28.   

1788  On this day in history lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

1788  On January - 28 captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney   

1807  London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight on this day in history.   

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight on this day in history.   

1810  On January - 28 andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

1813  On this day in history pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.   

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

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  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.   

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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