Historical Events Happened In January - 28

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

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

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer on this day in history.  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  Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) on this day in history.  Share it »

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

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer  Share it »

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.  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  On this day in history johann Ernst Bach, composer  Share it »

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 this day in history.  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  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1768  On this day in history john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44  Share it »

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

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  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  On this day in history lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France  Share it »

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney on this day in history.  Share it »

1807  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight  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  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on this day in history.  Share it »

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

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

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)  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  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)  Share it »

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  Share it »

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

1061  On this day in history death of duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  Share it »

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

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.  Share it »

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  Share it »

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

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.  Share it »