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

1256  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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 January - 28.   

1595  On January - 28 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 January - 28.   

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

1672  Death of Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) on January - 28.   

1681  On this day in history death of richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)   

1687  On January - 28 johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday   

1697  Death of John Fenwick, English conspirator on this day in history.   

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

1754  On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

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

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

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

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

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1859  On January - 28 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  Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on January - 28.   

1869  On this day in history prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72   

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

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

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

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

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

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

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.