January 28th, 1722

Born on January 28th, 1722

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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 1722

91

Jacques-Louis de Pourtalès

Private banker, merchant, slave trader and industrialist from Geneva and Neuchâtel

*August 9th, 1722, Geneva †March 20th, 1814, Neuchâtel

84

Andreas Weiß

Organ builder

*June 11th, 1722, Nabburg †February 16th, 1807, Nabburg

81

Raphael Cohen

Rabbi

*November 4th, 1722, Livonia †November 11th, 1803, Altona

68

Juan Ramos de Lora

Spanish teacher

*June 23rd, 1722, Los Palacios y Villafranca †November 9th, 1790, Mérida

59

Philipp Friedrich Rieger

German military personnel

*October 1st, 1722, Stuttgart †May 15th, 1782, Asperg

84

Josef Georg Hörl

Austrian politician (1722-1806)

*August 22nd, 1722, Vienna †December 9th, 1806, Vienna

71

Nicolas Luckner

Marshal of France

*January 12th, 1722, Cham †January 4th, 1794, Paris

87

Benjamin Chew

American politician 1722-1810

*November 19th, 1722, Anne Arundel County †January 20th, 1810, Cliveden

82

Teodoro de Almeida

Portuguese priest, writer, and philosopher

*January 7th, 1722, Lisbon †April 18th, 1804, Lisbon

81

Joseph Wilton

English sculptor

*July 16th, 1722, London †November 25th, 1803, London

75

Richard Brocklesby

British doctor; (1722-1797)

*August 11th, 1722, Minehead †December 11th, 1797, London

61

Jacob Reinbold Spielmann

French chemist and pharmacist

*March 31st, 1722, Strasbourg †September 9th, 1783, Strasbourg

81

Francisco Antonio de Lorenzana

Catholic cardinal (1722-1804)

*September 22nd, 1722, León †April 14th, 1804, Rome

86

Regina Mingotti

Italian singer and opera singer

*February 6th, 1722, Naples †October 1st, 1808, Neuburg an der Donau

71

Pietro Nardini

Italian composer and violinist

*April 12th, 1722, Livorno †May 7th, 1793, Florence

58

Gerhard Schøning

Norwegian historian

*May 2nd, 1722, Lofoten †July 18th, 1780, Copenhagen

73

Johann Christian Brand

Austrian painter and engraver (1722-1795)

*March 6th, 1722, Vienna †June 12th, 1795, Vienna

73

Georg Benda

Czech composer

*June 30th, 1722, Benátky nad Jizerou †November 6th, 1795, Bad Köstritz

69

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)

*December 3rd, 1722, Riga †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg

47

Charles Yorke

British politician and Lord Chancellor; (1722-1770)

*December 30th, 1722, London †January 20th, 1770, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1722 is a normal year and no leap year.

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