449 Historic Events for January 28
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| 1787 |
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Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
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| 1788 |
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Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
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| 1788 |
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Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
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| 1791 |
Birth |
Louis-J-Ferdinand H‚rold, France, opera composer (Zampa)
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| 1805 |
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Mih ly Csokonai Vit‚z, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31
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| 1807 |
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London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
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| 1810 |
Death |
Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French and Bavarians, shot dead
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| 1813 |
Death |
Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
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| 1814 |
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Stendahl's 1st book is published
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| 1815 |
Birth |
Andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875
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| 1817 |
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Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
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| 1818 |
Birth |
George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905
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| 1819 |
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Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore
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| 1821 |
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Bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica
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| 1822 |
Birth |
Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78)
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| 1824 |
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William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
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| 1825 |
Birth |
George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875
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| 1828 |
Birth |
Michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor
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| 1828 |
Birth |
Thomas Carmichael Hindman, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1868
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| 1829 |
Death |
William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
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| 1830 |
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Opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris
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| 1831 |
Birth |
Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
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| 1832 |
Birth |
Franz Wullner, composer
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| 1833 |
Birth |
Charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)
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| 1838 |
Death |
Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
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