Famous Birthdays In January - 28

1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)  

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)  

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

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.  

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

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.  

1611  On January - 28 birth of johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)  

1622  Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

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1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on this day in history.  

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1688  On this day in history birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter  

1691  On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer  

1693  On January - 28 birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)  

1693  On January - 28 birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer  

1701  On this day in history birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774)  

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

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

1712  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)  

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

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) was born on January - 28.  

1717  On this day in history birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)  

1719  Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) was born on January - 28.  

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on this day in history.  

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer was born on January - 28.  

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1775  On this day in history birth of peter the Great, Russia  

1784  On this day in history birth of george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State  

1815  On January - 28 birth of andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875  

1818  On this day in history birth of george Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905  

1822  On January - 28 birth of alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)  

1825  On January - 28 birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

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

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.  

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.  

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