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Famous Birthdays In January - 28

Saturday, 25 May 2013

1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.

1312 Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.

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 this day in history.

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

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

1600 On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)

1608 On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer

1611 On this day in history birth of johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)

1622 On this day in history birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691)

1627 On this day in history birth of alfonso Marsh, composer

1645 On this day in history birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer

1688 On this day in history birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter

1691 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on this day in history.

1693 Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) was born on this day in history.

1693 On this day in history birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer

1701 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.

1702 On this day in history birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer

1706 On this day in history birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)

1712 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)

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

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

1717 On this day in history birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)

1719 On this day in history birth of johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)

1722 On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer

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

1757 On this day in history birth of antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer

1768 Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) was born on this day in history.

1775 Peter the Great, Russia was born on this day in history.

1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State was born on this day in history.

1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on this day in history.

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

1822 On this day in history birth of alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)

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

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Famous Deaths In January - 28

Famous People Died On This Day In History

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

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

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 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 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.

1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.