January 28th, 1717

Born on January 28th, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 113,000 days old!

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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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

Same year
Born in 1717

61

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

63

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

65

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

62

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

68

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

79

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

50

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

77

George (Konissky)

Orthodox archbishop, preacher, philosopher and theologian

*November 20th, 1717, Nizhyn †February 13th, 1795, Mogilev

74

Johann David Michaelis

German academic (1717-1791)

*February 27th, 1717, Halle (Saale) †August 22nd, 1791, Göttingen

89

Heinrich Wilhelm von Huth

German soldier and officer (1717-1806)

*January 1st, 1717, Elstertrebnitz †January 1st, 1806, Copenhagen

84

Fedele Tirrito

Italian painter (1717-1801)

*January 18th, 1717, San Biagio Platani †August 9th, 1801, Palermo

92

John Metcalf

English civil engineer and road builder

*August 15th, 1717, Knaresborough †April 26th, 1810, Spofforth

82

Adam Friedrich Oeser

German etcher and painter (1717-1799)

*February 17th, 1717, Bratislava †March 18th, 1799, Leipzig

68

Matthew Stewart

Scottish mathematician (1717-1785)

*January 15th, 1717, Scotland †January 23rd, 1785, Scotland

77

John Armstrong

American civil engineer and soldier

*October 13th, 1717, County Fermanagh †March 9th, 1795, Carlisle

78

Catharina Helena Dörrien

German botanist, botanical artist, author, translator, editor and governess (1717–1795)

*March 1st, 1717, Hildesheim †June 8th, 1795, Dillenburg

27

Marie Anne de Mailly

18th-century French noblewoman

*October 5th, 1717, Paris †December 8th, 1744, Paris

76

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

85

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

80

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

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