Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28
Friday, 23 May 2025
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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