Historical Events In January - 28

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

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

1627  On this day in history 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  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on this day in history.   

1691  Johann Balthasar Konig, composer on January - 28.   

1693  On January - 28 anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)   

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on January - 28.   

1706  John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor) on January - 28.   

1714  Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) on this day in history.   

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

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 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  On this day in history hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer   

1757  Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer on January - 28.   

1760  On this day in history 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 January - 28.   

1775  On January - 28 peter the Great, Russia   

1782  On January - 28 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1784  George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State on this day in history.   

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

1788  Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France on this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

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  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.   

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

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

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

1600  On January - 28 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  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 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  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.   

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

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.