Famous Deaths In January - 28

0814  On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On January - 28 death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.   

1547  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1549  On January - 28 elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80   

1560  John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1595  Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1606  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1612  Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies on January - 28.   

1621  Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1672  On January - 28 death of pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)   

1681  Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on this day in history.   

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on this day in history.   

1697  On January - 28 death of john Fenwick, English conspirator   

1725  On this day in history peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1810  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on this day in history.   

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1817  On January - 28 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

1829  On January - 28 death of william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1832  On this day in history death of augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.   

1859  Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) on this day in history.   

1864  Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on this day in history.   

1868  On January - 28 death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62   

1869  Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1873  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.   

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on this day in history.   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on this day in history.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.