Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.   

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)   

1573  On February - 28 jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54   

1609  Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 on February - 28.   

1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on February - 28.   

1621  On this day in history death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)   

1626  Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

1638  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 on February - 28.   

1665  On this day in history lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies   

1737  On this day in history hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63   

1742  On this day in history willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

1746  On February - 28 death of hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)   

1781  On this day in history richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50   

1784  Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

1818  On this day in history adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56   

1844  Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.   

1857  On February - 28 death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)   

1876  Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  On this day in history joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1912  On February - 28 bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies   

1913  On this day in history death of elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1916  On February - 28 henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1925  Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on February - 28.   

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)