Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

1621  On January - 28 paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68   

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts on this day in history.   

1627  On this day in history alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer on this day in history.   

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on January - 28.   

1688  On January - 28 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  Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS) on this day in history.   

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on January - 28.   

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

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) on January - 28.   

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

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on this day in history.   

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  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

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

1754  On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1756  On this day in history hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

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

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

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia on January - 28.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history george HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State   

1787  Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes on January - 28.   

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 January - 28 london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight on January - 28.   

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

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.   

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

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.   

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

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