Famous Deaths In February - 28

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle  

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.  

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  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)  

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.  

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler  

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.  

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

1609  On this day in history paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39  

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1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1621  Death of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590) on this day in history.  

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

1737  Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1742  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1746  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies  

1786  Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on February - 28.  

1788  Death of Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) on February - 28.  

1796  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1857  Death of André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809) on February - 28.  

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

1903  Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on February - 28.  

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85  

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 this day in history.  

1916  Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51  

1925  On this day in history friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies  

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1155  On this day in history birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)  

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

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.  

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.  

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.  

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.