Historical Events In January - 28

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

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

1627  Alfonso Marsh, composer on this day in history.   

1645  On this day in history gottfried Vopelius, composer   

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

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

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 January - 28.   

1697  On this day in history john Fenwick, English conspirator   

1702  On this day in history hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer   

1706  On this day in history john Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)   

1714  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)   

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

1722  On January - 28 johann Ernst Bach, composer   

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 January - 28.   

1754  On this day in history 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  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 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 January - 28 captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney   

1807  On this day in history 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  On this day in history andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

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

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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 this day in history 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 January - 28.   

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

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

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

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

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

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 this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies