Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1624  On January - 28 sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.   

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history gottfried Vopelius, composer   

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

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

1689  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Fenwick, English conspirator   

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer   

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

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) on this day in history.   

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

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on this day in history.   

1724  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1754  Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity on January - 28.   

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

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on this day in history.   

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on January - 28.   

1760  On this day in history 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  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

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

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

1788  Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France on January - 28.   

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

1807  On January - 28 london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  On January - 28 london's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

1810  On this day in history andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

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  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

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 January - 28.   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

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

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

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

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

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 January - 28.   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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