Famous Deaths In January - 28

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

1061  Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.  

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  

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

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 January - 28.  

1606  On January - 28 carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85  

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

1621  Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1672  On this day in history death of pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)  

1681  Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on January - 28.  

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 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 this day in history.  

1782  On January - 28 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84  

1810  On January - 28 death of andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead  

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.  

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.  

1829  Death of William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.  

1832  Death of Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

1838  On January - 28 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  Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on January - 28.  

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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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)  

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.  

1457  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.  

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.