Famous Deaths In January - 28

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

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

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on January - 28.  

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

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 January - 28.  

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

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

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

1549  On this day in history elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80  

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

1595  Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1612  On this day in history thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies  

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

1672  On January - 28 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  On this day in history johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday  

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

1725  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.  

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

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  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on January - 28.