Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Friday, 18 July 2025
1225 Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.
1582 On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)
1600 Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.
1608 Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.
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 Alfonso Marsh, composer was born on this day in history.
1645 On January - 28 birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 On January - 28 birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 On this day in history birth of johann Balthasar Konig, composer
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 January - 28 birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
1706 On January - 28 birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
1712 On this day in history birth of tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) was born on January - 28.
1717 On this day in history birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
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 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 On January - 28 birth of george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State
1815 On January - 28 birth of andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1818 On January - 28 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