Famous Birthdays In January - 28

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

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

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On January - 28 birth of alfonso Marsh, composer  

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer was born on January - 28.  

1688  On January - 28 birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter  

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

1693  On January - 28 birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)  

1693  On January - 28 birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer  

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)  

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

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on January - 28.  

1712  Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on January - 28.  

1714  On January - 28 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  Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

1719  Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.  

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on January - 28.  

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 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  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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 January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  

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

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