Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
0388 Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on this day in history.
0430 Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on this day in history.
0876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on this day in history.
1065 Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on August - 28.
1341 On this day in history death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481 Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.
1484 On this day in history death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered
1539 Death of Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 on August - 28.
1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 on this day in history.
1550 On this day in history nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies
1645 On August - 28 death of hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)
1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53 on August - 28.
1647 On August - 28 johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53
1654 On this day in history axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
1676 Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1677 On August - 28 wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54
1678 Death of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) on this day in history.
1757 On August - 28 death of david Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)
1767 Johann Schobert, composer, dies on this day in history.
1778 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies on this day in history.
1784 On August - 28 death of junÃpero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)
1793 Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies on August - 28.
1798 On this day in history james Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55
1803 On this day in history charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies
1805 Death of Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) on August - 28.
1818 Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies on this day in history.
1820 On August - 28 death of andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
1839 Death of William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) on this day in history.
1885 Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies on this day in history.
1903 August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1914 On August - 28 anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
1916 On this day in history francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
1919 On August - 28 louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies
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