Famous Deaths In February - 28
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0642 On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle
1261 On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
1326 Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.
1453 Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.
1485 Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.
1510 On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
1525 Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.
1572 Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.
1573 Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 on February - 28.
1609 On February - 28 paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
1618 Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1621 On this day in history death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
1626 On this day in history cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
1638 On February - 28 claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1665 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on this day in history.
1737 On February - 28 hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63
1742 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history death of hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)
1781 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.
1784 Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies on this day in history.
1786 Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on February - 28.
1788 On February - 28 death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)
1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on February - 28.
1818 Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 on February - 28.
1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on February - 28.
1857 On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)
1876 Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1903 On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on February - 28.
1912 Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on February - 28.
1913 Death of Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.
1916 On February - 28 henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1922 On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on this day in history.
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