Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

0814  Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71 on January - 28.   

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

1119  On January - 28 gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

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

1271  On January - 28 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  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 January - 28.   

1560  On this day in history 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  On this day in history carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85   

1612  Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies on this day in history.   

1621  On this day in history paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68   

1672  Death of Pierre Séguier, Chancellor of France (b. 1588) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on January - 28.   

1813  On this day in history jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41   

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

1829  Death of William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on January - 28.   

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  Death of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782) on January - 28.   

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

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  Henry Hugo Pierson, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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1225  On January - 28 birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

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

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  Ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610) was born on January - 28.   

1578  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  John Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On January - 28 birth of clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69)   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer