Famous Deaths 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  On February - 28 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 February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)  

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer  

1525  On February - 28 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  

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1618  On February - 28 filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63  

1621  On February - 28 death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)  

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  On this day in history hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63  

1742  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on February - 28.  

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 this day in history phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies  

1786  On this day in history death of john Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)  

1788  On this day in history death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)  

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

1818  Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1903  On this day in history girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88  

1905  Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1916  On February - 28 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 February - 28.  

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1155  On February - 28 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 February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)  

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

1552  On February - 28 birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician  

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

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.