Famous Deaths In January - 28

0814  On January - 28 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  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies  

1256  On January - 28 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  On this day in history death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France  

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.  

1547  On this day in history henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55  

1549  On January - 28 elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80  

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  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1612  On this day in history thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies  

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

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

1681  On January - 28 death of richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)  

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

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

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

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 January - 28.  

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.  

1859  Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) on January - 28.  

1864  Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history 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  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 January - 28.  

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 January - 28.  

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer