Famous Deaths In January - 28

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 January - 28.  

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 January - 28 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 January - 28 henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55  

1549  On this day in history elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80  

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

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 January - 28.  

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

1817  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)  

1838  On January - 28 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]  

1859  Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) on this day in history.  

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  Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history 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  Henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509) was born on January - 28.  

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.  

1578  On this day in history birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)  

1582  On this day in history birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)  

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.  

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer