Famous Deaths In January - 28

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

1061  On January - 28 death of duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

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

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.  

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

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.  

1443  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France  

1528  On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1560  On January - 28 john a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies  

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  On January - 28 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  On this day in history death of richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)  

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

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  On January - 28 jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41  

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  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 January - 28.  

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

1864  On this day in history death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)  

1868  On January - 28 death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62  

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

1873  On this day in history henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57  

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

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 this day in history.  

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.  

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 January - 28.  

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