Famous Deaths In August - 28

0388  Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on August - 28.  

0430  On August - 28 aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75  

0876  Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on August - 28.  

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 August - 28.  

1484  On August - 28 death of diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered  

1539  On August - 28 death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75  

1544  Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 on this day in history.  

1550  Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies on August - 28.  

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1645  Death of Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) on August - 28.  

1646  On this day in history fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53  

1647  On this day in history johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53  

1654  On August - 28 axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71  

1676  Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1677  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54 on August - 28.  

1678  Death of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) on August - 28.  

1757  Death of David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) on August - 28.  

1767  Johann Schobert, composer, dies on August - 28.  

1778  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies on this day in history.  

1784  On August - 28 death of junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)  

1793  Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies on August - 28.  

1798  On August - 28 james Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55  

1803  Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies on August - 28.  

1805  On August - 28 death of alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722)  

1818  On this day in history jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies  

1820  Death of Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) on August - 28.  

1839  Death of William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) on August - 28.  

1885  On this day in history julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66  

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 this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]  

1916  Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies on August - 28.  

1919  Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies on August - 28.  

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)  

1476  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)  

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)  

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)  

1612  On this day in history birth of marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653)  

1667  On this day in history birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)  

1673  On this day in history birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer  

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