Famous Deaths In January - 28

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1061  Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.  

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

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

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.  

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

1547  On this day in history henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55  

1549  Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1612  On January - 28 thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies  

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

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

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

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

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

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

1782  On January - 28 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  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  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 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  On this day in history death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62  

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 this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)  

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)  

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  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 January - 28.  

1600  On this day in history birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)  

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer