| January 28th 1077 | | German king Henry IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
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| January 28th 1077 | | Pope Gregory VII pardons German emperor Heinrich IV
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| January 28th 1099 | | 1st Crusaders begins siege of Hosn-el-Akrad Syria
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| January 28th 1262 | | Flemish/Dutch coast ravaged by north western storm
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| January 28th 1393 | | Fire during Royal Ball at Paris, 4 die (Ball of the Ardents)
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| January 28th 1495 | | Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France
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| January 28th 1547 | | 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry VIII as king of England
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| January 28th 1561 | | By Edict of Orleans persecution of French Huguenots is suspended
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| January 28th 1581 | | James VI signs 2nd Confession of Faith in Scotland
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| January 28th 1613 | | Galileo may have unknowingly viewed undiscovered planet Neptune
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| January 28th 1689 | | English parliament ends king Charles II reign
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| January 28th 1787 | | Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes
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| January 28th 1788 | | Capt Arthur Phillip forms English colony at Sydney, Botany Bay NSW
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| January 28th 1788 | | Lord Gordon found guilty of libel of queen of France
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| January 28th 1807 | | London's Pall Mall is 1st street lit by gaslight
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