Famous Deaths In January - 28

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1119  Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies on this day in history.   

1256  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1393  On January - 28 death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

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

1549  Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80 on January - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1612  On this day in history thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies   

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 this day in history.   

1687  Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday on January - 28.   

1697  Death of John Fenwick, English conspirator on this day in history.   

1725  Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on this day in history.   

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  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.   

1829  Death of William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history death of augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.   

1859  On January - 28 death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

1864  Death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799) on January - 28.   

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 January - 28.   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 January - 28.   

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