Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

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

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on January - 28.   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on this day in history.   

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

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France   

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

1547  Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on January - 28.   

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

1560  On January - 28 john a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies   

1595  On January - 28 francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50   

1606  Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

1768  John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on January - 28.   

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

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

1813  On January - 28 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)   

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

1869  Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on January - 28.   

1873  On January - 28 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  On January - 28 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 this day in history.   

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  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.