Page 3: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published on this day in history.   

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 January - 28 george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name on this day in history.   

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  Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica on January - 28.   

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 January - 28 george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1828  On this day in history michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.   

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  Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history franz Wullner, composer   

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

1838  On this day in history 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  Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India) on January - 28.   

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

1851  On this day in history northwestern University (Chicago) chartered   

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history 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  On this day in history battle of New Bern, NC   

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

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

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

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

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

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

1119  On this day in history 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  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.   

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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