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 January - 28.   

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

1271  On this day in history death of isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247)   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on January - 28.   

1443  On January - 28 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  Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 on this day in history.   

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

1672  On January - 28 death of pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)   

1681  Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 January - 28.   

1782  Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

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  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  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  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 this day in history birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

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 this day in history.   

1608  Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer was born on this day in history.