Famous Birthdays In January - 28

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 January - 28.  

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

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.  

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.  

1611  On this day in history birth of johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger)  

1622  Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) was born on January - 28.  

1627  On January - 28 birth of alfonso Marsh, composer  

1645  On this day in history birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer  

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

1691  On January - 28 birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer  

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

1693  Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on January - 28.  

1701  Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born on January - 28.  

1702  On January - 28 birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer  

1706  On January - 28 birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)  

1712  Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1717  Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

1719  On January - 28 birth of johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749)  

1722  On January - 28 birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer  

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

1757  On January - 28 birth of antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer  

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

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

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

1815  Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on January - 28.  

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

1822  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71  

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.  

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

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

1393  On this day in history 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