Famous Deaths In January - 28
Thursday, 28 January 2021
0814 On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1061 Death of Duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.
1119 Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.
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 January - 28.
1393 On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1443 Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.
1528 On this day in history philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1549 On this day in history elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
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 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 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 Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on this day in history.
1687 On January - 28 johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
1697 On January - 28 death of john Fenwick, English conspirator
1725 On this day in history peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
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 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 January - 28 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 Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on January - 28.
1868 Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on this day in history.
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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