Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on February - 28.   

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1609  Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 on February - 28.   

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  Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 on February - 28.   

1638  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 on February - 28.   

1665  On February - 28 lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies   

1737  On this day in history hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63   

1742  On this day in history willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

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

1781  Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1786  On February - 28 death of john Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)   

1788  On this day in history death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)   

1796  On February - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

1818  Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 on February - 28.   

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

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

1876  Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on February - 28.   

1913  Death of Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.   

1916  On February - 28 henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72   

1922  On February - 28 vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51   

1925  Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on February - 28.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

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

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.