Famous Deaths In February - 28
Saturday, 27 April 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 this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)
1453 On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)
1485 On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)
1510 Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.
1525 On this day in history 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 Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.
1618 On this day in history 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 On February - 28 cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51
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 Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1746 On this day in history death of hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)
1781 Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on February - 28.
1784 On this day in history phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies
1786 Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)
1876 On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53
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 this day in history bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1913 On this day in history 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 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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