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 SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)  

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 January - 28.  

1271  On January - 28 death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)  

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball  

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.  

1528  On January - 28 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 January - 28.  

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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 January - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1672  Death of Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) on this day in history.  

1681  Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on this day in history.  

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  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on January - 28.  

1754  On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69  

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  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.  

1813  On January - 28 jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41  

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  Death of Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]  

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  Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on January - 28.  

1312  On January - 28 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  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

1600  On January - 28 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.