Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

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

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

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

1271  On this day in history 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  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.   

1547  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1549  On January - 28 elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80   

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

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

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

1612  Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies on January - 28.   

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

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  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on January - 28.   

1697  On this day in history death of john Fenwick, English conspirator   

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 this day in history.   

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1810  On January - 28 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 January - 28 death of william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

1832  On January - 28 death of augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.   

1859  On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

1864  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72   

1873  On January - 28 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

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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  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.   

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  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

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

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.