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Famous Birthdays In January - 28
Thursday, 24 April 2014
1225 On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) Share it »
1312 On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) Share it »
1457 Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1540 On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) Share it »
1578 On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) Share it »
1582 On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) Share it »
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1608 On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer Share it »
1611 On this day in history birth of johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) Share it »
1622 On this day in history birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) Share it »
1627 Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1645 On this day in history birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer Share it »
1688 Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter was born on this day in history. Share it »
1691 On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer Share it »
1693 On this day in history birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) Share it »
1693 Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1701 Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1702 Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1706 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1712 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) Share it »
1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1717 Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1717 On this day in history birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) Share it »
1719 On this day in history birth of johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) Share it »
1722 On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer Share it »
1756 On this day in history birth of hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer Share it »
1757 Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »
1768 Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1775 Peter the Great, Russia was born on this day in history. Share it »
1784 On this day in history birth of george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State Share it »
1815 On this day in history birth of andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 Share it »
1818 On this day in history birth of george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 Share it »
1822 Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) was born on this day in history. Share it »
1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. Share it »
