Famous Deaths In February - 28
Friday, 25 October 2024
0642 Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.
1261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.
1326 On February - 28 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 this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
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 this day in history.
1609 On this day in history paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39
1618 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1638 On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1665 On February - 28 lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies
1737 Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on February - 28.
1742 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.
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 February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1786 On February - 28 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 this day in history.
1818 On February - 28 adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56
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 February - 28.
1876 On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
1903 Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on this day in history.
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 On this day in history henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1922 On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51
1925 On February - 28 friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies
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