Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

1621  Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts on January - 28.   

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer on January - 28.   

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer on this day in history.   

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on this day in history.   

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

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on January - 28.   

1691  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

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

1697  On January - 28 john Fenwick, English conspirator   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on January - 28.   

1714  On January - 28 jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)   

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

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on January - 28.   

1724  On January - 28 the Russian Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and implemented in the Senate decree. It was called St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences until 1917.   

1725  On January - 28 peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  On January - 28 horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity   

1754  On January - 28 ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on January - 28.   

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on this day in history.   

1760  Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on January - 28.   

1768  Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) on this day in history.   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history peter the Great, Russia   

1782  On January - 28 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1784  On January - 28 george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State   

1787  On January - 28 philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes   

1788  On this day in history lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney on this day in history.   

1807  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

1810  On January - 28 andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on January - 28.   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

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.   

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

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

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.   

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

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.