Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

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

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1528  On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies   

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

1549  On this day in history 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  On this day in history francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50   

1606  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 on January - 28.   

1612  Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1697  Death of John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1829  Death of William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)   

1868  Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on January - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer