January 28th, 1600

Born on January 28th, 1600

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 155,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 227 days, exactly on March 10th, 2027, people who were born on January 28th, 1600 will be 156,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 28th?

January 28th, 0661

Ali, the fourth Islamic caliph, was assassinated, effectively ending the Rashidun Caliphate.

January 28th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan lifted price controls from petroleum products, contributing to the 1980s oil glut.

January 28th, 1961

In Gitarama, Rwanda, local and other government officials initiated a coup to overthrow the monarchy and establish a republic.

January 28th, 1521

Charles V and the estates of the Holy Roman Empire met at the Diet of Worms to discuss Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation.

January 28th, 1916

The province of Manitoba passed a law that first granted some Canadian women the right to vote.

January 28th, 1671

Anglo-Spanish War: In pursuit of retreating Spanish troops, English soldiers sacked the city of Panama.

January 28th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated 73 seconds into its tenth mission (video featured), killing all seven crew members.

January 28th, 1984

Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique, causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.

January 28th, 1964

Three U.S. Air Force pilots aboard an unarmed T-39 Sabreliner were killed when the aircraft was shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.

January 28th, 1958

The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark for the design of Lego bricks.

January 28th, 1941

World War II: About three hours after Thai bombers raided Sisophon, a ceasefire paused hostilities in the Franco-Thai War.

January 28th, 1933

Choudhry Rahmat Ali published a pamphlet in which he called for the creation of a Muslim state in north-western India that he termed "Pakstan".

January 28th, 1922

The largest recorded snowstorm in the history of Washington, D.C., collapsed the Knickerbocker Theatre (damage pictured), killing 98 people.

January 28th, 1813

English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.

January 28th, 1754

The word serendipity, derived from the Persian fairy tale The Three Princes of Serendip, was coined by Horace Walpole (pictured) in a letter to a friend.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 28th

Born on January 28th, 1600

69

Clement IX

Pope from 1667, lived 1600-1669

*January 28th, 1600, Pistoia †December 9th, 1669, Rome

Same year
Born in 1600

81

Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)

*January 17th, 1600, Madrid †May 25th, 1681, Madrid

70

Jan Cossiers

Flemish painter (1600-1671)

*July 15th, 1600, Antwerp †July 4th, 1671, Antwerp

70

Johan Picardt

German-Dutch historian, physician and writer (1600-1670)

*February 5th, 1600, Bad Bentheim †May 21st, 1670, Coevorden

49

Friedrich Spanheim

German theologian (1600-1649)

*January 1st, 1600, Amberg †May 14th, 1649, Leiden

68

Johann Heinrich Waser

Swiss politician, 1600 - 1669

*March 25th, 1600, Zürich †February 10th, 1669, Zürich

81

Giovanni Paolo Oliva

Iralian Jesuit

*October 4th, 1600, Genoa †November 26th, 1681, Rome

78

George Gobat

French theologian

*July 1st, 1600, Charmoille †March 23rd, 1679, Constance

52

Alexander Keirincx

Flemish painter (1600-1652)

*January 23rd, 1600, Antwerp †October 7th, 1652, Amsterdam

66

Nicolas Sanson

French cartographer

*December 20th, 1600, Abbeville †July 7th, 1667, Paris

74

Johann Botsack

German theologian

*June 11th, 1600, Herford †September 16th, 1674

31

Prince Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*September 15th, 1600, Gottorf Castle †September 19th, 1631, Eilenburg

40

Otto Brüggemann

*February 14th, 1600, Hamburg †May 5th, 1640, Schleswig

99

Antonio Serra

Italian economist

*January 1st, 1600, Cosenza †November 30th, 1699, Naples

64

Johann Schröder

German chemist

*January 1st, 1600, Bad Salzuflen †May 31st, 1664, Frankfurt

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Public holidays on January 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1600 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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