In deaths:
| January 28th 0814 | | Charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71
| | January 28th 1119 | | Gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies
| | January 28th 1256 | | Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22
| | January 28th 1393 | | Earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball
| | January 28th 1528 | | Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies
| | January 28th 1547 | | Henry VIII, King of England (1509-47), dies at 55
| | January 28th 1549 | | Elia Levita, German-Yiddish writer (Habachur), dies at about 80
| | January 28th 1560 | | John a Lasco, [John Laski], Polish nobleman/reformed theologist, dies
| | January 28th 1595 | | Francis Drake, English pirate (Porto Bello West Indies), dies at 50
| | January 28th 1606 | | Carolus Gallus, [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer/pastor/vicar, dies at 85
| | January 28th 1612 | | Thomas Bodley, diplomat/founder (Bodleian Library), dies
| | January 28th 1621 | | Paulus V, [Camillo Borghese], 233rd pope (1605-21), dies at 68
| | January 28th 1687 | | Johannes Hevelius, astronomer (star cataloger), dies on 76th birthday
| | January 28th 1725 | | Peter I "the Great" Romanov, czar of Russia, dies at 52 [NS=Feb 8]
| | January 28th 1754 | | Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
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