Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28
Saturday, 15 March 2025
0814 On January - 28 charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
1061 On January - 28 death of duke Spytihněv II of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1119 On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
1256 On January - 28 willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
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 On January - 28 death of robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
1528 On January - 28 philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
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 this day in history.
1560 John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies on this day in history.
1595 Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50 on this day in history.
1606 On this day in history carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85
1612 On January - 28 thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
1621 On January - 28 paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
1672 Death of Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) on January - 28.
1681 On January - 28 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 Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8] on January - 28.
1754 On January - 28 ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
1768 On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44
1782 On January - 28 jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84
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 January - 28.
1829 On January - 28 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 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 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 Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on January - 28.
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