Famous Personalities Born In January - 28
Monday, 12 May 2025
1225 On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)
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 this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)
1578 Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.
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 January - 28.
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 On this day in history birth of gottfried Vopelius, composer
1688 On January - 28 birth of jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
1691 Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on this day in history.
1693 On January - 28 birth of anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
1693 On January - 28 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 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 this day in history.
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 January - 28.
1719 Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) was born on this day in history.
1722 Johann Ernst Bach, composer was born on January - 28.
1756 On January - 28 birth of hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer
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 January - 28.
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 January - 28.
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 On January - 28 birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875