Page 2: Historical Events In January - 28

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

1624  Sir Thomas Warner founds the inaugural British colony in the Caribbean, on Saint Kitts.   

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  Gottfried Vopelius, composer   

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

1688  Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter.   

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign   

1691  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

1693  Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS).   

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer.   

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)   

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

1717  Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)   

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer   

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   

1725  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8].   

1754  Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

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

1768  Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814).   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44.   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State.   

1787  Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes   

1788  Lord Gordon are discovered guilty of libel of queen of France.   

1788  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney   

1807  London's Pall Mall is inaugural street lit by gaslight.   

1807  London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

1810  Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead.   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is inaugural published in the United Kingdom.   

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1225  Saint thomas aquinas: Saint thomas aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen joan ii of navarre: Queen joan ii of navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  Henry vii: Pembroke castle, 1st tudor king of england (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van ceulen: German mathematician   

1578  Cornelis haga: Dutch lawyer/ambassador to constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John barclay: Scottish satirist/poet (euphormio's satyricon)   

1600  Clement ix: [giulio rospigliosi], pistoia, italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  Giovanni alfonso borelli: Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  Death of Charlemagne: German emperor/roman emperor (800-814),   

1061  Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia: Duke spytihnÄ›v ii of bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius ii: [giovannis caetani], pope (1118-19),   

1256  Death of Willem ii: Earl of holland/german emperor (1238, 47-56),   

1271  Death of Isabella of aragon: Queen of philip iii of france (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of joigny: Burned at royal ball   

1443  Robert le maçon: Chancellor of france   

1528  Philips of cleve: Ruler of ravenstein,