Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer on this day in history.   

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

1688  Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer   

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

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

1717  On this day in history mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)   

1722  On this day in history johann Ernst Bach, composer   

1724  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 on January - 28.   

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

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

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

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

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

1760  Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on January - 28.   

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

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia on January - 28.   

1782  On January - 28 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State on January - 28.   

1787  On January - 28 philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes   

1788  On January - 28 lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney on January - 28.   

1807  On January - 28 london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight on January - 28.   

1810  On this day in history andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

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

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

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

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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