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

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 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 this day in history.   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.   

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

1609  On February - 28 paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

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 this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56   

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  On this day in history 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  Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history 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 February - 28 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 February - 28 vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51   

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

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1155  On this day in history birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

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

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

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.   

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