Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22   

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.   

1547  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on January - 28.   

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

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

1595  Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 on January - 28.   

1606  On January - 28 carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85   

1612  On this day in history thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies   

1621  On January - 28 paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68   

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 January - 28.   

1697  On this day in history death of john Fenwick, English conspirator   

1725  On January - 28 peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  On January - 28 ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1782  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1810  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.   

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.   

1817  On this day in history friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

1829  On this day in history 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  On January - 28 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

1859  On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

1864  Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on January - 28.   

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  On January - 28 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

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

1457  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

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

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  On this day in history 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.