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January 28 in history

196 sourced entries recorded on January 28, from 198 CE to 2022 CE. Every line is quoted from the revision it came from.

Events

  • 198Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar.source
  • 198Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus.source
  • 946Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti and becomes only a figurehead (with the Buyid Dynasty as dominate rule) of the once-powerful Abbasid Caliphate while he tries to restore peace.source
  • 1069Northumbrians kill the new Norman earl of Northumbria, Robert de Comines, at Durham, and attack York.source
  • 1204January 27–28 – Byzantine emperor Alexios IV Angelos is overthrown in a revolution.source
  • 1303In India, the siege of Chittorgarh, capital of the Medapata Kingdom (now in the state of Rajasthan), begins as the Sultan of Delhi, Alauddin Khalji, seeks to acquire the territory of the Medapata Emperor, Ratnasimha.source
  • 1306After two hearings, Sunni Muslim theologian Ibn Taymiyyah is found innocent of charges of heresy by the Indian Qur'an scholar Safi al-Din al-Hindi. Taymiyyah is found guilty three months later by a panel of judges in the Mamluk state and imprisoned for four months.source
  • 1316Llywelyn Bren leads a revolt against English rule in Wales. After disregarding an order to appear before King Edward II, Llywelyn Bren raises a rebel army and lays siege to Caerphilly Castle. The revolt spreads throughout the south Wear Cove (the Wales valley), and other castles are attacked. Edward sends an expeditionary force led by Humphrey de Bohun to suppress the rebellion. In March, after a battle at Morgraig Castle Llywelyn Bren is forced to break off the Caerphilly siege after six weeks and surrenders on March 18.source
  • 1393At the "Bal des Ardents", four members of the court of Charles VI of France, participating in a dance at the Palace of Saint-Pol in Paris for the entertainment of the guests at a wedding, are burned to death by accident at a masquerade ball. King Charles himself, one of the masked dancers, escapes injury when his aunt, Joan II, Countess of Auvergne, saves him.source
  • 1394The English Parliament, summoned by King Richard II of England, opens it session after having been summoned on November 13, 1393, and elects Sir John Bussy as its speaker.source
  • 1443Raffaele Adorno was elected as the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa.source
  • 1457Margaret Beaufort gives birth to Henry Tudor the future King at Pembroke Castle in Walessource
  • 1479Leonor de Trastamara, who had served as regent of the Kingdom of Navarre in Spain during the absence of her father, Juan II, is crowned at Tudela. She dies 15 days later at the age of 53.source
  • 1495Prince Cem Sultan, brother of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, imprisoned since 1482 after being captured by the Knights Hospitaller, and held captive in Rome since 1489, is released from to French custody by Pope Alexander VI at the request of King Charles of France.source
  • 1498In a letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is also the Chancellor of the English treasury, King Henry VII of England formally authorizes, from his own funds, declares that "we, for certain considerations us especially moving, have given and granted unto our well-beloved John Calbot of the parts of Venice an annuity or annual rent of £20 sterling, to be had and yearly perceived from the Feast of the Annunciation of our Lady last past, during our pleasure, of our customs and subsidies growing in our port of Bristol by the hands of our customs there for the time being, at Michaelmas and Easter, by even portions.source
  • 1529Peter Vannes, the Italian-born envoy for England's King Henry VIII, arrives in Rome on a mission to get Pope Clement VII to give a dispensation for King Henry to divorce one wife and marry another, with both marriages to be declared valid. The mission fails.source
  • 1547Edward VI becomes King of England and Ireland upon the death of Henry VIII; start of Edwardian Reformation in Ireland (lasting until 1553).source
  • 1548(Tenbun 17, 30th day of 12th month) Nagao Kagetora (later Uesugi Kenshin) leads a triumphant entry into Kasugayama Castle in Japan, replacing his older brother Nagao Harukage as the lead samurai in the Nagao clan that rules the Echigo Province.source
  • 1557Bayinnaung, King of Burma and head of the Toungoo dynasty, conquers two the Shan States, Möng Mit and Hsipaw in what is now northern Myanmar. The event is later commemorated with an inscription on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell.source
  • 1558Russian attack on Livonia starts the Livonian Warsource
  • 1568The Edict of Torda, Europe's first declaration of religious freedom, is adopted by the Kingdom of Hungary.source
  • 1573The Croatian–Slovene Peasant Revolt, started by Matija Gubec, breaks out against the Croatian nobility, but is suppressed after 18 days.source
  • 1573Articles of the Warsaw Confederation are signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland.source
  • 1595The Principality of Transylvania (now encompassing most of Romania) joins the Holy League alliance with the Holy Roman Empire in a war against the Ottoman Empire, as Stephen Bocskai signs a treaty at Prague on behalf of Prince Sigismund Báthory.source
  • 1618Rules are established for the Ōoku, the section of Edo Castle that housed the Shōgun's consort and his concubines.source
  • 1629Sam Mirza, son of the late Mohammad Baqer Mirza and grandson of Abbas the Great, is crowned as the new Shah of Persia and takes the regnal name Safi.source
  • 1635February 28 – a Star Chamber trial finds the City of London and Irish Society guilty of mismanagement of the plantation of Londonderry: it is fined £70,000 and obliged to surrender the Londonderry charter.source
  • 1635Joyous entry into Ghent of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as new governor general, Gaspar de Crayer playing a key role in the monumental decorations.source
  • 1637Qing invasion of Joseon: The Manchu armies of China complete their invasion of northern Korea with the surrender of King Injo of the Joseon Kingdom.source
  • 1650The Sultan bin Saif of Oman expels the Portuguese colonial government from Muscat, forcing the surrender of the port of Muttrah and of Fort Capitan, and captures two warships, ending 35 years of Portuguese occupation.source
  • 1668Lund University is officially inaugurated with great ceremony in Lund Cathedral on the King's name day.source
  • 1671Henry Morgan's Panama expedition – the city of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Panamá, founded more than 150 years earlier at the Isthmus of Panama by Spanish settlers and the first permanent European settlement on the Pacific Ocean, is destroyed by the Welsh pirate Henry Morgan. The last surviving original structures are now part of Panama City, capital of the Central American nation of Panama.source
  • 1694Pirro e Demetrio, an opera by Alessandro Scarlatti, is given its first performance, debuting at the Teatro San Bartolomeo in Naples. The opera is adapted in 1708 in London as Pyrrhus and Demetrius and becomes the second most popular opera in 18th century London.source
  • 1701Battle of Dartsedo: The Chinese storm the Tibetan border town of Dartsedo.source
  • 1716The town of Crieff, Scotland, is burned to the ground by Jacobites returning from the Battle of Sheriffmuir.source
  • 1724Saint Petersburg State University is established in Russia.source
  • 1742January 28? – The House of Commons of Great Britain votes on the alleged rigging of the Chippenham by-election. It becomes a motion of no confidence, which leads to the resignation of Robert Walpole.source
  • 1754Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.source
  • 1754Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word serendipity.source
  • 1760Benning Wentworth creates the New Hampshire Grant of Pownal, Vermont.source
  • 1770following Grafton's resignation, Lord North forms a government and becomes Prime Minister.source
  • 1795The town of Farsund is founded.source
  • 1808The first issue of the newspaper Tiden was published in Christiania (now Oslo).source
  • 1813Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is published anonymously in London.source
  • 1817The Prince Regent addresses the House of Lords at the State Opening of Parliament. On leaving the Palace of Westminster, the Prince's carriage is attacked and a window broken.source
  • 1820German-Russian explorer Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen discovers the continent of Antarctica during the First Russian Antarctic Expeditionsource
  • 1821Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen.source
  • 1823O'Higgins is deposed by a conservative coup. An interim Government Junta takes power.source
  • 1823King Louis XVIII of France announces creation of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louissource
  • 1835Medical College, Bengal is established; later became Medical College Kolkata.source
  • 1841Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror.source
  • 1851Northwestern University is founded in Illinois.source
  • 1856The port of Shimoda is opened per Japan's first treaty of amity with Russia. (Traditional Japanese Date: Twenty-first Day of the Twelfth Month, 1855)source
  • 1859The city of Olympia is incorporated in the Washington Territory of the United States of America.source
  • 1866"Manifeste des ouvriers", drafted by Edmond Picard, calls for universal manhood suffrage.source
  • 1868January 27–31 – Battle of Toba–Fushimi: forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and the allied pro-Imperial forces of the Chōshū, Satsuma and Tosa Domains clash near Fushimi, Kyoto, ending in a decisive victory for the Imperial forces (although in the January 28 naval Battle of Awa, the Shogunate is victorious against Satsuma).source
  • 1868Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps enthroned as Archbishop of Mechelen.source
  • 1868The Leipzig Opera House is inaugurated. It was destroyed during the 1943 Bombing of Leipzig.source
  • 1870British SS City of Boston departs Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a transatlantic passage with 191 people aboard and is lost with all hands.source
  • 1870Inman Line's SS City of Boston departs Halifax, Nova Scotia, on a passage for Liverpool on which it will be lost with all 191 aboard.source
  • 1871Japan's first Japanese-language daily newspaper, the Yokohama Mainichi Shinbun, is printed in Yokohama. (Traditional Japanese Date: Eighth Day of the Twelfth Month, Meiji 3)source
  • 1878The world's First Telephone Exchange begins commercial operation in New Haven, Connecticut.source
  • 1878The Yale News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the U.S.source
  • 1881The Boers defeat the British in the Battle of Laing's Nek during the First Boer War.source
  • 1887Construction work begins on the foundations of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.source
  • 1887In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 in wide and 8 in thick.source
  • 1887In a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the largest snowflakes on record are reported. They are 15 inches (38 cm) wide and 8 inches (20 cm) thick.source
  • 1896Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at 8 mph, exceeding the contemporary urban speed limit of 2 mph, the first speeding fine.source
  • 1897Early film screenings are held at the Baralt Theatre in Maracaibo, the premiere of the first Venezuelan filmssource
  • 1899The League of Peja, organized by Haxhi Zeka to lobby for a Kosovar Albanian state within the Ottoman Empire, attracts 450 delegates to its first convention, held at the city of Peja.source
  • 1908Municipal Library Elevator Coupsource
  • 1909The last United States troops leave Cuba, after being there since the Spanish–American War of 1898.source
  • 1909U.S. troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish–American War.source
  • 1912Inauguration of the Free University of Lisbon in a formal session at the Coliseu dos Recreios, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Manuel de Arriaga.source
  • 1917The United States ends its search for Pancho Villa.source
  • 1920El Tercio de Extranjeros (the "Regiment of Foreigners"), later the Spanish Legion, is established by decree of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.source
  • 1922Snowfall from the Knickerbocker storm, the biggest-ever recorded snowstorm in Washington, D.C., causes the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre to collapse, killing 98.source
  • 1924January 20–30 – Kuomintang in China holds its first National Congress, initiating a policy of alliance with the Soviet Union and the Chinese Communist Party.source
  • 1925January 27–February 1 – The 1925 serum run to Nome (the "Great Race of Mercy") relays diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. Territory of Alaska to combat an epidemic.source
  • 1926Orthopaedic surgeon Robert Jones is created a baronet (Jones of Rhyl).source
  • 1930The first patent for a field-effect transistor is granted in the United States, to Julius Edgar Lilienfeld.source
  • 1932January 28 – January 28 incident: Conflict between Japan and China in Shanghai.source
  • 1932March 3 – January 28 Incidentsource
  • 1933The first in a series of Grivița Workshops strikes leads to confrontations between workers and government soldiers.source
  • 1933"Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?, in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement.source
  • 1935Iceland made abortions legal.source
  • 1936State funeral of George V of the United Kingdom. After a procession through London, he is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.source
  • 1937anti-Semitic riots at University of Warsaw and Warsaw University of Technology,source
  • 1942Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.source
  • 1946The Canadian schooner Bluenose founders on a Haitian reef.source
  • 1949Adoption of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 67source
  • 1955Benesse Corporation was founded, following its predecessor, Fukutake Shoten.source
  • 1955The Royal Lao Air Force is established as the Lao Air Force.source
  • 1957Harry Lundeberg, merchant seaman and labour leader in America (born 1901)source
  • 1961Supercar, the first family sci-fi TV series filmed in Supermarionation, debuts on ATV in the UK.source
  • 1962Brit Bildøen, writer.source
  • 1968French submarine Minerve sinks in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 52.source
  • 19691969 Santa Barbara oil spill: A blowout on Union Oil's Platform A spills 80,000 to 100,000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California; on February 5 the oil spill closes Santa Barbara's harbor. The incident inspires Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day in 1970.source
  • 1975Ola Raknes, psychoanalyst and philologist (b.1887)source
  • 1979Deng Xiaoping arrives in Washington, D.C., for the first visit of a paramount leader of the People's Republic of China to the United States.source
  • 1983Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe considers expulsion of Turkey because of alleged human rights violations.source
  • 1984A bomb explodes in Hotel Lanka Oberoi in Colombo. One employee is killed.source
  • 1985The charity single record "We Are the World" is recorded by USA for Africa.source
  • 1985Iraq launched the first major offensive against Iran since the start of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980.source
  • 1986Space Shuttle Challenger disaster – STS-51-L: Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch from the United States, killing the crew of seven astronauts, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.source
  • 1988Toymaker company Mattel Incorporated announces the closure of its Philippine subsidiary, with 3,000 job losses.source
  • 1992The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine was officially restored by the Verkhovna Rada.source
  • 2005January 26–30: World Economic Forum in Davossource
  • 2005An outbreak of meningitis occurs in a community of refugees from Darfur.source
  • 2007Six soldiers have been killed and 20 injured in attacks by Shia militants in the north of Yemen, officials say.source
  • 2007Ethnic Zaghawa militias raid in Dar Tama a group of Tama villages between Am Zoer and Biltine, killing seven Tama and burning 200 homes.source
  • 2009WikiLeaks releases 86 intercepted telephone recordings of politicians and businessmen involved in the 2008 Peru oil scandal.source
  • 2011Friday of anger (Egyptian revolution of 2011). Protestors clash with security forces which resulted in over 600 protestors estimated dead and several police stations were raided.source
  • 2012The African Union opens its new headquarters in Addis Ababa.source
  • 2012Irish Football League Cup final – Coleraine v Crusaders.source
  • 2016The World Health Organization announces an outbreak of the Zika virus.source
  • 2019The U.S. Justice Department charges Chinese tech firm Huawei with multiple counts of fraud, raising U.S.–China tensions.source
  • 2022COVID-19 pandemic: The number of vaccinations administered worldwide exceeds 10 billion.source

Births

  • 598Taizong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (died 649)source
  • 676Toneri, Japanese prince (died 735)source
  • 1300Chūgan Engetsu, Japanese poet and writer (died 1375)source
  • 1406Guy XIV de Laval, French noble (died 1486)source
  • 1457King Henry VII of England (died 1509)source
  • 1457King Henry VII of England (died 1509)source
  • 1533Paul Luther, German scientist (died 1593)source
  • 1540Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (died 1610)source
  • 1568Gustav of Sweden, Swedish prince (died 1607)source
  • 1572Jane Frances de Chantal, French Catholic noble widow and nun (died 1641)source
  • 1582John Barclay, writer, satirist and poet (died 1621 in Rome)source
  • 1600Pope Clement IX (died 1669)source
  • 1608Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist (died 1679)source
  • 1611Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (died 1687)source
  • 1645Gottfried Vopelius, German academic (died 1715)source
  • 165328 January (baptism) – Joannes Chrysostomus Teniers, abbot (died 1709)source
  • 1693Empress Anna of Russia, Empress of Russia (died 1740)source
  • 1701Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (died 1774)source
  • 1712Tokugawa Ieshige (died 1761), shōgunsource
  • 1768King Frederick VI of Denmark (died 1839)source
  • 1784George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1860)source
  • 1791Ferdinand Hérold, French composer (died 1833)source
  • 1822Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd Prime Minister of Canada (died 1892)source
  • 1833Charles George Gordon, British army officer, administrator (died 1885)source
  • 1841Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh explorer, journalist (died 1904)source
  • 1853Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher (died 1900)source
  • 1853José Martí, Cuban revolutionary (died 1895)source
  • 1898Gheorghe I. Brătianu, politician and historian (died 1953).source
  • 1955Nicolas Sarkozy, 23rd President of Francesource
  • 1972Amy Coney Barrett, American attorney, jurist and associate justice, U.S. Supreme Courtsource
  • 1972Mohammad Iqbal Omar, Iraqi politician.source
  • 1978Sheamus, Irish professional wrestlersource
  • 1978Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballersource

Deaths

  • 592King Guntram, age 59, dies after a 31-year reign, and is succeeded by his nephew Childebert II, who becomes ruler of Burgundy. He is buried at Saint Marcellus of Chalons Church, in Chalon-sur-Saône (Eastern France).source
  • 592Guntram, king of Burgundysource
  • 661Ali, first Shia Imam and Fourth Rashidun Caliph (born 601) (martyred)source
  • 814Charlemagne dies of pleurisy in Aachen, after an almost 14-year reign (since 800) as the first Roman Emperor of Frankish origin (the precursor of the Holy Roman Emperor). He is embalmed and buried in Aachen Cathedral. Charlemagne is succeeded by his son Louis the Pious, as king of the Frankish Empire.source
  • 814Charlemagne, king and emperor of the Franks (born 742)source
  • 919Zhou Dewei, Chinese generalsource
  • 929Gao Jixing, founder of Chinese Jingnan (born 858)source
  • 947Jing Yanguang, Chinese general (born 892)source
  • 1061Spytihněv II, duke of Bohemia (born 1031)source
  • 1069Robert de Comines, English noblemansource
  • 1142Despite having saved the southern Song Dynasty from attempts by the northern Jin Dynasty to conquer it, Chinese general Yue Fei is executed by the Song government.source
  • 1142Yue Fei, Chinese military leader and poet (born 1103)source
  • 1153Pelagius of Oviedo, Spanish bishopsource
  • 1208Julian of Cuenca, Spanish bishop (born 1127)source
  • 1232Peire de Montagut, French Grand Mastersource
  • 1232Peire de Montagut, Grand Master of Knights Templar (birth date unknown)source
  • 1245Giovanni Colonna, Italian cardinal (born 1170)source
  • 1256William II of Holland, king of Germany (born 1227)source
  • 1271Isabella of Aragon, queen consort of France (born 1248)source
  • 1284Alexander, Scottish prince and heir (born 1264)source
  • 1443Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of Francesource
  • 1443Robert le Maçon, royal advisor (born 1365)source
  • 1547King Henry VIII of England dies in London, and is succeeded by his 9-year-old son Edward VI, as King of England.source
  • 1547King Henry VIII of England (born 1491)source
  • 1547Henry VIII, King of Ireland (born 1491)source
  • 1549Elia Levita, German Yiddish writer (born 1469)source
  • 1583Pier Francesco Orsini, Italian condottiero and art patron (born 1523)source
  • 1596Sir Francis Drake, English explorer, sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, pirate and politician (born c. 1540)source
  • 1604Brian Oge O'Rourke, King of West Breifne.source
  • 1613Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and library founder (born 1545)source
  • 1620Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (born 1582)source
  • 1621Pope Paul V (born 1552)source
  • 1687Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer (born 1611)source
  • 1688Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (born 1623)source
  • 1697John Fenwick, English conspirator (born c. 1645)source
  • 1754Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian dramatist and writer (born 1684)source
  • 1840Simeon Lord, merchant and magistrate (born in the United Kingdom) (born 1771)source
  • 1859F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1782)source
  • 1879Hugh M'Neile, Irish-born English Anglican priest. (born 1795)source
  • 1912Eloy Alfaro, former Presidentsource
  • 1939W. B. Yeats, Irish writer, 1923 Nobel Prize laureate (born 1865)source
  • 1952Nicolae Constantin Batzaria, Ottoman statesman, Romanian writer (born 1874)source
  • 1953James Scullin, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1876)source
  • 1960Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist, anthropologist and author (born 1891)source
  • 2016January 16 – 30 people are killed and 56 injured in terrorist attacks in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, targeting a hotel and a nearby restaurant. A siege occurs and 176 hostages are released afterwards, by government forces.source