Famous Deaths In January - 28
Friday, 25 October 2024
0814 On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1061 On January - 28 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 January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)
1393 On January - 28 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 this day in history.
1547 On January - 28 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.
1560 John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 January - 28 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 January - 28.
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 January - 28.
1768 John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.
1782 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1810 On this day in history death of andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead
1813 On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
1817 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.
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 January - 28.
1838 On January - 28 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
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 this day in history.
1868 On January - 28 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 On this day in history henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
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