Famous Deaths In February - 28

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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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 this day in history.   

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

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 February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)