Page 3: Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.   

1814  On this day in history stendahl's 1st book is published   

1815  Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 on January - 28.   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

1819  On this day in history sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name   

1819  On January - 28 sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore   

1820  Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast on this day in history.   

1821  Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica on this day in history.   

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)   

1825  On this day in history george Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875   

1828  On this day in history michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.   

1830  On January - 28 the opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris)   

1830  Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris on January - 28.   

1831  On January - 28 henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899   

1832  Franz Wullner, composer on this day in history.   

1833  On January - 28 charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)   

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

1841  The birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone on this day in history.   

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) on January - 28.   

1846  On January - 28 battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)   

1848  On this day in history king of Naples grants his subjects a constitution   

1851  On January - 28 northwestern University (Chicago) chartered   

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on January - 28.   

1855  The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

1858  On this day in history john Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry   

1860  Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC on January - 28.   

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer on January - 28.   

1865  On January - 28 president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.   

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1225  On January - 28 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 January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

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  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

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