Historical Events Happened In January - 28

1621  On this day in history paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68  Share it »

1624  On this day in history sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.  Share it »

1627  On this day in history alfonso Marsh, composer  Share it »

1645  On this day in history gottfried Vopelius, composer  Share it »

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on this day in history.  Share it »

1688  On this day in history jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter  Share it »

1689  On this day in history english parliament ends king Charles II reign  Share it »

1691  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer  Share it »

1693  On this day in history anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)  Share it »

1697  On this day in history john Fenwick, English conspirator  Share it »

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.  Share it »

1706  On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)  Share it »

1714  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)  Share it »

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) on this day in history.  Share it »

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1724  On this day in history the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.  Share it »

1725  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on this day in history.  Share it »

1754  Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity on this day in history.  Share it »

1754  On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69  Share it »

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1757  On this day in history antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer  Share it »

1760  Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.  Share it »

1775  On this day in history peter the Great, Russia  Share it »

1782  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84  Share it »

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State on this day in history.  Share it »

1787  On this day in history philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes  Share it »

1788  Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France on this day in history.  Share it »

1788  On this day in history captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney  Share it »

1807  London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight on this day in history.  Share it »

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight on this day in history.  Share it »

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on this day in history.  Share it »

1813  On this day in history pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.  Share it »

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

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

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

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.  Share it »

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.  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  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.  Share it »

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.  Share it »

1061  Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  Share it »

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  Share it »

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22  Share it »

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  Share it »

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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