Famous Birthdays In January - 28

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

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  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.  

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

1611  Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on this day in history.  

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

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1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On January - 28 birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)  

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1706  On January - 28 birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)  

1712  Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.  

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

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) was born on this day in history.  

1717  Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

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 January - 28.  

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on January - 28.  

1768  On this day in history birth of frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)  

1775  Peter the Great, Russia was born on January - 28.  

1784  On this day in history birth of george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State  

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

1818  On January - 28 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 January - 28 birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

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

1061  Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.  

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.  

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

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

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

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

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies