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  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 this day in history.  

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)  

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1627  On this day in history 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  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer was born on January - 28.  

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

1693  Gregor Joseph Werner, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) was born on January - 28.  

1712  Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  On January - 28 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 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 this day in history birth of george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875  

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0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71  

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22  

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.  

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