Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

1621  Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 on January - 28.   

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts on January - 28.   

1627  On this day in history alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on January - 28.   

1691  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

1693  Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) on January - 28.   

1697  On January - 28 john Fenwick, English conspirator   

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

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.   

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) on January - 28.   

1717  On January - 28 mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)   

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on January - 28.   

1724  On January - 28 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.   

1725  On this day in history peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  On January - 28 horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on January - 28.   

1756  On this day in history hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

1760  On this day in history pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants.   

1768  On January - 28 frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.   

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

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

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

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

1788  On this day in history lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

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

1807  London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight on January - 28.   

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

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.   

1813  On January - 28 pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.   

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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  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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

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

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

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

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

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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