Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.   

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.   

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On January - 28 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 January - 28.   

1549  Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 on January - 28.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1672  On this day in history 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  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on January - 28.   

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

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

1810  On this day in history death of andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead   

1813  On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history death of william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1832  Death of Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) on January - 28.   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.   

1859  Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) on January - 28.   

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

1868  Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on this day in history.   

1869  Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on January - 28.   

1873  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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

1312  On January - 28 birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on this day in history.   

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

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

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