Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

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  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.   

1573  Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 on this day in history.   

1609  On February - 28 paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1626  On February - 28 cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51   

1638  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56   

1665  Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on this day in history.   

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  On February - 28 richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50   

1784  On February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies   

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

1788  On February - 28 death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)   

1796  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1857  On February - 28 death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)   

1876  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53   

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

1905  On this day in history joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

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  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 February - 28 friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies   

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1155  On February - 28 birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

1261  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

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 this day in history.   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

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