January 12 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden 1588 – The first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop is born 1729 – Irish politician and philosopher Edmund Burke is born 1737 – The first signer of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock, is born 1773 – The first public […]

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