Famous Deaths In January - 28
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0814 Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.
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 On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
1271 Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.
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 January - 28.
1547 Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55 on this day in history.
1549 Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 on this day in history.
1560 John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies on January - 28.
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 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 On January - 28 death of pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 Death of Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619) on this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 January - 28.
1768 John Wainwright, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.
1782 On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
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 Death of William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1864 Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on January - 28.
1868 Death of Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62 on January - 28.
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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