Famous Deaths In February - 28

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

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.  

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)  

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)  

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  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)  

1573  Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 on this day in history.  

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

1618  On February - 28 filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63  

1621  On this day in history death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)  

1626  On February - 28 cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51  

1638  On this day in history 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  On this day in history hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63  

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

1746  On February - 28 death of hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)  

1781  On February - 28 richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50  

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies  

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 February - 28.  

1796  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56  

1818  Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

1844  Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)  

1876  On February - 28 charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53  

1903  On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88  

1905  Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1922  On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51  

1925  On February - 28 friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies  

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on February - 28.  

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)  

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)  

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher  

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

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.