Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Saturday, 01 November 2025
1225 On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) 

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

1578 On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) 

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

1611 On this day in history birth of johannes Hevelius, Danzig, astronomer (star cataloger) 

1622 On January - 28 birth of adrien Auzout, French astronomer (d. 1691) 

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

1645 Gottfried Vopelius, composer was born on January - 28. 

1688 On this day in history birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter 

1691 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on January - 28. 

1693 On this day in history birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) 

1693 On January - 28 birth of gregor Joseph Werner, composer 

1701 On January - 28 birth of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) 

1702 On this day in history birth of hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer 

1706 On January - 28 birth of john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) 

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

1714 Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) was born on this day in history. 

1717 On this day in history birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) 

1717 On this day in history 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 January - 28 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 Peter the Great, Russia was born on January - 28. 

1784 George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State was born on January - 28. 

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 Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) was born on this day in history. 

1825 George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 was born on this day in history. 

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