Famous Deaths In February - 28

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies  

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)  

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.  

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.  

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer  

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler  

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)  

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

1609  On this day in history paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39  

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

1621  On February - 28 death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)  

1626  Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 on this day in history.  

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

1665  Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on February - 28.  

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

1742  On February - 28 willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53  

1746  Death of Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) on this day in history.  

1781  Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on February - 28.  

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

1786  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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 February - 28.  

1913  On February - 28 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 this day in history.  

1925  Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on this day in history.  

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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 February - 28.  

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.  

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

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