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  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 this day in history.  

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

1611  On this day in history 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 January - 28.  

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

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

1691  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on January - 28.  

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

1693  On this day in history birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer  

1701  Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) was born on this day in history.  

1702  On this day in history 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 January - 28.  

1714  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)  

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) was born on this day in history.  

1717  On January - 28 birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)  

1719  Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.  

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on January - 28.  

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

1757  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

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  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

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

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies