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  Alfonso Marsh, composer on January - 28.   

1645  On January - 28 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  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer on January - 28.   

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

1697  On this day in history john Fenwick, English conspirator   

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

1722  Johann Ernst Bach, composer on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

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

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  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on January - 28.   

1760  On January - 28 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) on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1775  Peter the Great, Russia on this day in history.   

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  Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history london's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

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

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on January - 28.   

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

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

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

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

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

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