Famous Birthdays In January - 28

1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)  

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.  

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer  

1611  Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on January - 28.  

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

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1627  On this day in history birth of alfonso Marsh, composer  

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

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

1693  Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on January - 28.  

1712  Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on January - 28.  

1714  On January - 28 birth of jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)  

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

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  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer  

1756  On January - 28 birth of hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer  

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 January - 28.  

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State was born on this day in history.  

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  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) was born on January - 28.  

1825  On this day in history 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 January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

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

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 January - 28.  

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

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France  

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