Famous Birthdays In January - 28

1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.  

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

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)  

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

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  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.  

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  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on this day in history.  

1693  Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) was born on this day in history.  

1693  On this day in history 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  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on January - 28.  

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

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

1722  On this day in history birth of johann Ernst Bach, composer  

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

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

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 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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0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.  

1061  Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.  

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

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.