Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

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

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 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 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 this day in history.   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 January - 28.   

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1754  Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on January - 28.   

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

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  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history death of william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh   

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 January - 28 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on this day in history.   

1578  On January - 28 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  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer