January 28th, 1728

Born on January 28th, 1728

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 109,000 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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 1728

50

James Cook

British explorer, cartographer and naval officer (1728–1779)

*October 27th, 1728, Marton †February 14th, 1779, Kealakekua Bay

34

Peter III of Russia

The seventh Emperor of Russia (1762)

*February 10th, 1728, Kiel †July 6th, 1762, Ropsha

49

Johann Heinrich Lambert

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1728-1777)

*August 26th, 1728, Mulhouse †September 25th, 1777, Berlin

80

Matthew Boulton

English manufacturer, industrialist 1728-1809, business partner of James Watt

*September 3rd, 1728, Birmingham †August 17th, 1809, Birmingham

78

Shah Alam II

16th Mughal Emperor from 1760 to 1806

*June 25th, 1728, Old Delhi †November 19th, 1806, Delhi

82

Karl Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden

German noble (1728-1811)

*November 22nd, 1728, Karlsruhe †June 10th, 1811, Karlsruhe

56

Stanislaus Czerniewicz

Temporary Vicar General of the Society of Jesus (1728–1785)

*August 15th, 1728, Kaunas †July 7th, 1785, Stajki

56

Paolo Frisi

Italian mathematician and astronomer (1728-1784)

*April 13th, 1728, Melegnano †November 22nd, 1784, Milan

63

Jacob Vernes

Genevan Protestant minister

*May 31st, 1728, Geneva †October 22nd, 1791, Geneva

76

Franz Xaver von Wulfen

Austrian scientist (1728-1805)

*November 5th, 1728, Belgrade †March 17th, 1805, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee

72

Giovanni Alessandro Brambilla

Italian physician, surgeon, pathologist (1728-1800)

*April 15th, 1728, San Zenone al Po †July 30th, 1800, Padua

36

Christian Braunmann Tullin

Norwegian poet (1728-1765)

*September 6th, 1728, Christiania †January 21st, 1765, Christiania

62

Georg Christian Oeder

German-Danish botanist (1728-1791)

*February 3rd, 1728, Ansbach †January 28th, 1791, Oldenburg

72

Pierre Gaviniès

French violin maker, violinist and composer

*May 11th, 1728, Bordeaux †September 8th, 1800, Paris

81

Chevalier d'Éon

French diplomat, spy and soldier. d’Éon lived openly as a trans woman while in exile in England.

*October 5th, 1728, Tonnerre †May 21st, 1810, London

50

Therese of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Princess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and abbess of Gandersheim Abbey

*June 4th, 1728, Wolfenbüttel †June 26th, 1778, Gandersheim Abbey

65

Richard Mique

French architect

*September 18th, 1728, Nancy †July 8th, 1794, Paris

54

Franz Seraph von Kohlbrenner

German writer, civil servant and opinion journalist

*October 17th, 1728, Traunstein †June 4th, 1783, Munich

80

José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca

Spanish lawyer and civil servant (1728-1808)

*October 21st, 1728, Murcia †December 30th, 1808, Seville

75

Carlo Allioni

Italian physician and professor of botany (1728-1804)

*September 3rd, 1728, Turin †July 30th, 1804, Turin

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Leap year

Yes: 1728 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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