449 Historic Events for January 28
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| 1612 |
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Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
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| 1613 |
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Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
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| 1621 |
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Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
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| 1627 |
Birth |
Alfonso Marsh, composer
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| 1645 |
Birth |
Gottfried Vopelius, composer
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| 1687 |
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Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
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| 1688 |
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Jan Maurits Quinkhard, Dutch portrait painter
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| 1689 |
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English parliament ends king Charles II reign
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| 1691 |
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Johann Balthasar Konig, composer
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| 1693 |
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Anna "Ivanovna", tsarina of Russia (1730-40) (2/7 NS)
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| 1693 |
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Gregor Joseph Werner, composer
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| 1702 |
Birth |
Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
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| 1706 |
Birth |
John Baskerville, English printer (typeface inventor)
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| 1714 |
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Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon)
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| 1717 |
Birth |
Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)
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| 1722 |
Birth |
Johann Ernst Bach, composer
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| 1725 |
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Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
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| 1754 |
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Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
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| 1756 |
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Hans Adolf Friedrich von Eschstruth, composer
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| 1757 |
Birth |
Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni, composer
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| 1768 |
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John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
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| 1768 |
Birth |
Frederick VI, Danish king (1808-39); lost Norway to Sweden (1814)
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| 1775 |
Birth |
Peter the Great, Russia
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| 1782 |
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Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
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| 1784 |
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George HG earl of Aberdeen, English secretary of State
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