Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On this day in history hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

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  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54   

1609  Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

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

1746  Death of Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) on February - 28.   

1781  On this day in history richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50   

1784  Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1844  On February - 28 abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton   

1857  Death of André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809) on this day in history.   

1876  Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies   

1913  On this day in history death of elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1916  On this day in history henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on February - 28.   

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  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

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

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

1612  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)