Page 2: 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 this day in history.   

1689  English parliament ends king Charles II reign on this day in history.   

1691  On January - 28 johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

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

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on January - 28.   

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

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

1717  On this day in history mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)   

1722  On this day in history johann Ernst Bach, composer   

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  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on January - 28.   

1756  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on January - 28.   

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

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

1768  On January - 28 frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)   

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

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  Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history 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 January - 28 london's Pall Mall is first street lit by gaslight   

1807  On January - 28 london's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight   

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  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  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

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

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

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  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

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

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