Famous Deaths In August - 28

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

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.  

0876  On August - 28 louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies  

1065  Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on August - 28.  

1341  Death of King Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309) on August - 28.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1550  On August - 28 nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies  

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1645  On August - 28 death of hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)  

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

1647  Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1654  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71 on August - 28.  

1676  Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57 on August - 28.  

1677  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

1757  On August - 28 death of david Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705)  

1767  On this day in history johann Schobert, composer, dies  

1778  On this day in history jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies  

1784  On this day in history death of junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713)  

1793  Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies on this day in history.  

1798  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722)  

1818  On August - 28 jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies  

1820  Death of Andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754) on this day in history.  

1839  Death of William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) on this day in history.  

1885  Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66 on August - 28.  

1900  Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies on this day in history.  

1903  On August - 28 august Labitzky, composer, dies at 70  

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 this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies  

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1025  On August - 28 birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)  

1476  Motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school) was born on August - 28.  

1582  Taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620) was born on August - 28.  

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28) was born on August - 28.  

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on August - 28.  

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

1673  Conrad Michael Schneider, composer was born on this day in history.  

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.