What is January 28?
{{Calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[98]] &ndash; [[Trajan]] becomes [[Roman Emperor|Emperor of the Roman Empire]]. * [[814]] &ndash; Holy Roman Emperor [[Charlemagne]] dies. * [[1393]] &ndash; King [[Charles VI of France]] narrowly escapes death when several dancers' [[costume]]s catch [[fire]] during a [[masquerade ball]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; The [[Diet of Worms]] begins. * [[1547]] &ndash; As a nine–year–old, [[Edward VI of England|Edward VI]] becomes [[King of England]], following the death of his father, King [[Henry VIII of England]]. * [[1573]] &ndash; Articles of the [[Warsaw Confederation]] are signed, [[sanction]]ing [[freedom of religion]] in [[Poland]]. * [[1624]] &ndash; [[Thomas Warner]] founds a colony on [[Saint Kitts and Nevis|Saint Kitts]]. * [[1724]] &ndash; The [[Russia]]n Academy of the [[Science]]s is founded by [[Tsar]] [[Peter I of Russia]]. * [[1754]] &ndash; [[Horace Walpole]] coins the word ''serendipity'' in a letter to [[Horace Mann]]. * [[1813]] &ndash; ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by [[Jane Austen]] is first published. * [[1820]] &ndash; A [[Russia]]n expedition led by [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]] first sights the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] [[continent]]. * [[1821]] &ndash; Bellingshausen's Antarctic expedition discovers an [[island]] just off the coast of [[Antarctica]], which later becomes known as [[Alexander Island]]. * [[1841]] &ndash; [[James Clark Ross]]' Antarctic expedition discovers the [[Ross Ice Shelf]]. * [[1846]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Aliwal]] in [[India]] is won by British forces under [[Harry Smith]]. * [[1855]] &ndash; In [[Panama]], a [[locomotive]] travels from the [[Atlantic Ocean]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]] for the first time. * [[1870]] &ndash; After leaving [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]], British passenger steamer ''City of Boston'' disappears without trace in the North [[Atlantic Ocean]], along with the 191 people on board. * [[1871]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: The [[Siege of Paris]] ends in a French