Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Thursday, 29 January 2026
1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history. 

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

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 this day in history. 

1578 On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) 

1582 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer 

1611 Johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) was born on this day in history. 

1622 On this day in history birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) 

1627 On January - 28 birth of alfonso Marsh, composer 

1645 On January - 28 birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer 

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

1691 On this day in history 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 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 January - 28. 

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

1706 John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on this day in history. 

1712 On January - 28 birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) 

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

1717 On January - 28 birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) 

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

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

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

1768 On this day in history birth of frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) 

1775 On January - 28 birth of peter the Great, Russia 

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

1815 Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. 

1818 On January - 28 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 George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. 

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