January 28th, 1730

Born on January 28th, 1730

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 108,000 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English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally written between 1796 and 1797.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 1730

86

Charles Messier

18th- and 19th-century French astronomer

*June 26th, 1730, Badonviller †April 12th, 1817, Paris

64

Josiah Wedgwood

English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)

*July 12th, 1730, Burslem †January 3rd, 1795, Etruria

57

Johann Georg Hamann

German philosopher

*August 27th, 1730, Königsberg †June 21st, 1788, Münster

82

Louis Dutens

French historian (1730-1812)

*January 15th, 1730, Tours †May 23rd, 1812, London

59

Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen

German noble

*August 15th, 1730, Köthen †October 17th, 1789, Zemun

28

Hannah Lightfoot

English Quaker

*October 12th, 1730, London †January 1st, 1759, Pennsylvania

65

Daniel Carroll

American politician, signer of the US Constitution (1730–1796)

*July 22nd, 1730, Upper Marlboro †July 5th, 1796, Forest Glen

57

Salomon Gessner

Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788)

*April 1st, 1730, Zürich †March 2nd, 1788, Zürich

74

Felice Fontana

Italian polymath

*April 15th, 1730, Pomarolo †March 19th, 1805, Florence

54

Otto Friedrich Müller

Danish zoologist (1730-1784)

*March 2nd, 1730, Copenhagen †December 26th, 1784, Copenhagen

61

Teodoro de Croix

Knight (1730-1792)

*June 20th, 1730, Lille †April 8th, 1792, Madrid

55

William Whipple

American politician and Founding Father (1730-1785)

*January 14th, 1730, Kittery †November 28th, 1785, New Hampshire

74

William Moultrie

American politician

*November 23rd, 1730, Charleston †September 27th, 1805, Charleston

79

Gottfried Christoph Beireis

German physician and chemist (1730-1809)

*March 2nd, 1730, Mühlhausen †September 18th, 1809, Helmstedt

80

Leonardo Antonelli

Catholic cardinal

*November 6th, 1730, Senigallia †January 23rd, 1811, Senigallia

71

Motoori Norinaga

Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801)

*June 21st, 1730, Matsusaka †October 5th, 1801, Matsusaka

78

Augustin Pajou

French artist (1730-1809)

*September 19th, 1730, Paris †May 8th, 1809, Paris

49

Joseph Hewes

Signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (1730-1779)

*January 23rd, 1730, Princeton †November 10th, 1779, Philadelphia

65

Henry Clinton

British army officer and politician (1730–1795)

*April 16th, 1730, Newfoundland †December 23rd, 1795, Portland Place

65

Anna Barbara Reinhart

Swiss mathematician

*July 12th, 1730, Winterthur †January 5th, 1796, Winterthur

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1730 is a normal year and no leap year.

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