Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

1621  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

1627  On January - 28 alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  On January - 28 gottfried Vopelius, composer   

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

1688  Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter on January - 28.   

1689  On January - 28 english parliament ends king Charles II reign   

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 this day in history.   

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

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on this day in history.   

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  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 on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  On this day in history 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  Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814) on this day in history.   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.   

1775  On this day in history peter the Great, Russia   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on January - 28.   

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

1787  On this day in history philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes   

1788  On January - 28 lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France   

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 January - 28.   

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

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

1813  On January - 28 pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom.   

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

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

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 January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

0814  On this day in history 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  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

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

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

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

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