Page 2: 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 January - 28 alfonso Marsh, composer   

1645  On January - 28 gottfried Vopelius, composer   

1687  On January - 28 johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday   

1688  On January - 28 jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter   

1689  On this day in history english parliament ends king Charles II reign   

1691  On this day in history johann Balthasar Konig, composer   

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

1697  John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

1702  Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

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  On January - 28 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  On this day in history 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  Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer on January - 28.   

1757  On January - 28 antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer   

1760  Pownal, Vermont created by Benning Wentworth as one of the New Hampshire Grants on this day in history.   

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  Peter the Great, Russia on this day in history.   

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  Captain Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Botany Bay, Sydney on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

1813  Pride and Prejudice is first published in the United Kingdom on this day in history.   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history 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 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 January - 28 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  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 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.