Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

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 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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 28 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 February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1737  Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1742  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1796  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on February - 28.   

1818  On this day in history adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56   

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 February - 28.   

1903  On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on February - 28.   

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies   

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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  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

1573  On this day in history birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)