Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1814  Stendahl's 1st book is published on this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

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  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore on January - 28.   

1820  On January - 28 russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

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

1822  On January - 28 alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)   

1824  William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40) on January - 28.   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on January - 28.   

1828  Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor on January - 28.   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.   

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

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

1831  On this day in history 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  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.   

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

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) on this day in history.   

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  William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine) on January - 28.   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on January - 28.   

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  On January - 28 pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

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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 January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.   

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

1256  On this day in history willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

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

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies