Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28
Tuesday, 20 May 2025
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 this day in history.
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 On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
1443 Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on this day in history.
1528 Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.
1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 January - 28.
1612 Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies on January - 28.
1621 On January - 28 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 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 January - 28.
1697 On this day in history death of john Fenwick, English conspirator
1725 On January - 28 peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
1754 Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69 on this day in history.
1768 John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1782 Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84 on this day in history.
1810 On January - 28 death of andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead
1813 On January - 28 jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41
1817 On January - 28 friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55
1829 On January - 28 death of william Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh
1832 On January - 28 death of augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1838 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.
1859 On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)
1864 On January - 28 death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)
1868 On January - 28 death of adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 On January - 28 prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, composer, dies at 72
1873 On January - 28 henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57
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