Famous Deaths In February - 28
Wednesday, 29 November 2023
0642 Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.
1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1485 Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.
1510 On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
1525 On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
1572 On this day in history 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
1618 On February - 28 filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63
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 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 February - 28 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 On February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1786 Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on February - 28.
1788 On this day in history death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)
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 this day in history 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 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 On February - 28 bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1913 Death of Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.
1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on this day in history.
1922 On February - 28 vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on this day in history.
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