Famous Birthdays In January - 28

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

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 January - 28.  

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.  

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)  

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

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 January - 28 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 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  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer was born on January - 28.  

1706  On this day in history birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)  

1712  On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)  

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  Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born on January - 28.  

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

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 January - 28.  

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  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.  

1822  On this day in history birth of alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)  

1825  On this day in history birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

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

1061  On this day in history death of duke Spytihněv 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 this day in history.  

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  

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

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