Template:On this day - January 28

Saint Thomas Aquinas

• 1225 – Birth of Thomas Aquinas, Italian writer, philosopher and theologian, patron of universities and schools throughout the world (d. 1274).
• 1271 – Death of Isabella of Aragon (b. 1247), French queen from 1270.
• 1311 – Birth of Joan II, Queen of Navarre from 1328 to 1349 (d. 1349).
• 1521 – The Diet of Worms begins, presided over by the Emperor Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.
• 1578 – Death of Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Spanish physician and botanist (b. 1517).
• 1688 – Death of Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish astronomer, mathematician and Jesuit (b. 1623).
• 1782 – In Spain, the Real ordenanza de intendentes de ejército y provincia is issued, which divided the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata into eight intendancies.
• 1810 – In Spain, the Napoleonic armies enter Granada, where they desecrate the tomb of Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba the Great Captain, as part of the most important cultural plunder suffered by Spain in its entire history.
• 1823 – In Chile, Bernardo O'Higgins abdicates the office of Supreme Director.
• 1855 – In Panama, the first locomotive crosses from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railroad.
• 1857 – In Argentina, the locomotive La Porteña left the workshop under its own power and was seen by the general public, which gave rise to celebrating this date as Railroad Enthusiasts' Day.
• 1888 – Birth of Julián Alarcón, Paraguayan composer and violinist (d. 1957).
• 1897 – Manuel Trujillo Durán inaugurates Venezuelan cinema in Maracaibo, at the Teatro Baralt, with the premiere of Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el Gran Hotel Europa and Muchachas bañándose en el lago de Maracaibo.
• 1909 – In Cuba, the last American soldiers leave the island, after being there since the Spanish-Cuban-American War of 1898; nevertheless, they retain the Guantánamo naval base.
• 1913 – Death of Segismundo Moret, Spanish finance expert, man of letters and politician (b. 1833).
• 1920 – In Spain, the Tercio de Extranjeros is founded, later known as the Legion.
• 1928 – Death of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Spanish writer, journalist and politician, promoter of Spanish naturalism and realism (b. 1867).
• 1930 – In Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera tenders his resignation to King Alfonso XIII, thus ending the dictatorship he had maintained since the coup d'état of 13 September 1923.
• 1955 – In Puerto Rico, the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language is founded.
• 1978 – Carmen Conde takes seat "K" at the Royal Spanish Academy with the address entitled Poesía ante el tiempo y la inmortalidad.
• 2013 – Death of Julio Aróstegui, Spanish historian specializing in the Contemporary Age (b. 1939).
• 2014 – Death of Blas Piñar, Spanish notary, politician, editor and writer, identified with national syndicalism (b. 1918).
• 2021 – Death of César Isella, Argentine singer and songwriter of folk music (b. 1938).
• 2023 – Death of Adolfo Pacheco, Colombian composer and singer of vallenato music (b. 1940).