Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28
Friday, 18 July 2025
0642 On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle
1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.
1326 Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.
1453 Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.
1485 On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)
1510 On February - 28 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 February - 28.
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 this day in history.
1621 Death of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590) on this day in history.
1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 on February - 28.
1638 Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 on February - 28.
1665 Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on this day in history.
1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on February - 28.
1742 On this day in history willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
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 On February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1786 On this day in history death of john Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
1788 Death of Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) on February - 28.
1796 Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on February - 28.
1818 On February - 28 adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
1844 On February - 28 abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1857 On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)
1876 On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
1903 On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88
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 On February - 28 death of elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)
1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on February - 28.
1922 Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on February - 28.
1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on February - 28.
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