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01/28/1787
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Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
Type: Event
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01/28/1788
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Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
Type: Event
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01/28/1788
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Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
Type: Event
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01/28/1791
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Louis-J-Ferdinand Hrold, France, opera composer (Zampa)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1805
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Mihly Csokonai Vitz, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31
Type: Death
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01/28/1807
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London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
Type: Event
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01/28/1810
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Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead
Type: Death
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01/28/1813
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Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
Type: Death
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01/28/1814
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Stendahl's 1st book is published
Type: Event
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01/28/1815
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Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
Type: Birth
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01/28/1817
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Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
Type: Death
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01/28/1818
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George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
Type: Birth
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01/28/1819
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Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
Type: Event
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01/28/1821
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Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
Type: Event
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01/28/1822
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Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1824
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William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
Type: Event
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01/28/1825
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George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
Type: Birth
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01/28/1828
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Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor
Type: Birth
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01/28/1828
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Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
Type: Birth
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01/28/1829
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William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
Type: Death
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01/28/1830
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Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris
Type: Event
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01/28/1831
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Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
Type: Birth
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01/28/1832
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Franz Wullner, composer
Type: Birth
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01/28/1833
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Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1838
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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
Type: Death
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01/28/1840
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douard Vaillant, French socialist politician/communard
Type: Birth
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01/28/1841
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Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer
Type: Birth
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01/28/1841
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Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1846
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Battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)
Type: Event
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01/28/1848
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King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution
Type: Event
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01/28/1851
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Northwestern University (Chicago) chartered
Type: Event
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01/28/1853
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Jos Mart y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician
Type: Birth
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01/28/1855
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William Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1858
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John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry
Type: Event
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01/28/1860
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Britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua
Type: Event
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01/28/1864
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Battle of New Bern, NC
Type: Event
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01/28/1865
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Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners
Type: Event
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01/28/1865
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Kaarlo Juho Sthlberg, 1st president of Finland (1919-25)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1868
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Frederick Archibald Lamond, composer
Type: Birth
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01/28/1868
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Julian Aguirre, composer
Type: Birth
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01/28/1868
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Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
Type: Death
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01/28/1869
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Ozaki Ky, Japan, novelist/essayist/haiku poet (The Heart)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1869
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Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
Type: Death
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01/28/1871
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Paris surrenders to Prussians
Type: Event
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01/28/1873
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Colette, writer
Type: Birth
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01/28/1873
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Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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01/28/1873
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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, Burgundy France, novelist (Chri, Gigi)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1873
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M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1874
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Ernst Rabel, Austrian/US law historian (Grundzge)
Type: Birth
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01/28/1875
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Julian Antonio Carillo-Trujillo, composer
Type: Birth
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