Famous Deaths In January - 28

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

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

1119  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history.  

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 January - 28.  

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  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  On January - 28 death of pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)  

1681  On January - 28 death of richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)  

1687  On this day in history 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  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  On January - 28 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 this day in history.  

1817  On January - 28 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  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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1608  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer