Famous Deaths Happened In January - 28

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  On this day in history death of duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031)   

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 January - 28.   

1393  Death of Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1606  On January - 28 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  On this day in history death of richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)   

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

1697  Death of John Fenwick, English conspirator on January - 28.   

1725  On January - 28 peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]   

1754  On this day in history ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69   

1768  On January - 28 john Wainwright, composer, dies at 44   

1782  On this day in history jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer, dies at 84   

1810  Death of Andrew Hofer, Tyrolian rebel against French & Bavarians, shot dead on this day in history.   

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  Death of Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769) on January - 28.   

1838  On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

1859  On this day in history death of frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1782)   

1864  On this day in history death of Émile Clapeyron, French engineer and physicist (b. 1799)   

1868  On this day in history 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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1225  On this day in history birth of saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274)   

1312  Queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349) was born on January - 28.   

1457  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  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