Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published on January - 28.   

1815  On this day in history andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.   

1818  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore   

1820  Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast on January - 28.   

1821  On this day in history bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  On January - 28 alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)   

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

1825  On this day in history george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

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

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.   

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

1830  On January - 28 opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris   

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

1832  On January - 28 franz Wullner, composer   

1833  On this day in history charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)   

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 this day in history.   

1841  On January - 28 henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)   

1846  On January - 28 battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)   

1848  King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution on January - 28.   

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

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on January - 28.   

1855  On January - 28 the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

1855  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry   

1860  On January - 28 britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua   

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

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer on this day in history.   

1865  President Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.   

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

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.   

1457  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

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 January - 28.   

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

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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