Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

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

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 January - 28.   

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

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

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on this day in history.   

1691  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer on January - 28.   

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

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

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

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

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

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) on January - 28.   

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on January - 28.   

1724  On this day in history 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 January - 28 ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on this day in history.   

1757  On this day in history antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

1760  Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1788  Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France on January - 28.   

1788  On this day in history captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney   

1807  London's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight on this day in history.   

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight on this day in history.   

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on this day in history.   

1813  On this day in history pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.   

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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  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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