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

1256  On this day in history 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  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  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  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  On January - 28 francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50   

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 this day in history.   

1672  Death of Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1697  On January - 28 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  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on January - 28.   

1810  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.   

1813  On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

1817  On January - 28 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55   

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

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

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  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  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.   

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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  On this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  On this day in history birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  Cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39) was born on January - 28.   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.