Famous Deaths In June - 28

0548  Theodora, dancer/empress of Byzantine (Nika-oproer), dies on this day in history.   

0573  Death of Alboin, king of Longobarden, probably poisoned by his wife on this day in history.   

0767  On this day in history paul I, Italian Pope (757-67), dies   

1061  Floris I, count of Holland, dies on June - 28.   

1175  On this day in history death of andrei Bogolyubsky, Russian prince   

1194  On June - 28 death of emperor Xiaozong of Song China (b. 1127)   

1385  Andronicus IV Paleologus, Byzantine anti-emperor, dies on June - 28.   

1389  Death of Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović of Serbia (b. 1329) on June - 28.   

1586  Death of Primož Trubar, Slovenian Protestant reformer (b. 1508) on this day in history.   

1598  Abraham Ortelius, [Ortels/Hortels], South Neth geographer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1617  Johan Evertsen de Captain, Swiss admiral, dies in battle on June - 28.   

1714  Cornelis Chastelein, colonial director, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history death of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general (b. 1665)   

1742  On June - 28 johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer, dies at 52   

1748  On this day in history death of marretje Arends, [Matje of Nieuwendijk], Amsterdam plunderer, hanged   

1776  Death of Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged on this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history johann Christoph Vogel, composer, dies at 32   

1798  Pierre Dutillieu, composer, dies at 44 on June - 28.   

1802  On June - 28 johann J Angel, German author/director, dies at 60   

1806  On June - 28 johann Friedrich Ludwig Sievers, composer, dies at 64   

1813  Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prus min of War (1807-10), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1830  David Walker, abolitionist (Appeal to Colored Citizens), dies at 44 on June - 28.   

1834  On June - 28 death of joseph Bové, Russian architect (b. 1784)   

1836  On June - 28 james Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85   

1846  Adrian van de Ende, vicar/protestant reformer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1855  Giovanni Agostino Perotti, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1857  On this day in history joseph Fischhof, composer, dies at 53   

1872  On this day in history ludwig Friedrich Hetsch, composer, dies at 66   

1876  August W Ambros, Austria musicologist, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history death of texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy (b. 1846)   

1881  On June - 28 death of jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (b. 1798)   

1889  Maria Mitchell, 1st US woman astronomer (Vassar), dies at 70 on June - 28.   

1890  Edouard Gregoir, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1891  On this day in history jose Inzenga y Castellanos, composer, dies at 63   

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1367  On this day in history birth of sigismund, German Emperor/king of Hungary/Bohemia   

1476  Paul IV, [Giampietro Caraffa], inquisition/Pope (1555-59) was born on this day in history.   

1476  Pope Paul IV (d. 1559) was born on this day in history.   

1490  Albrecht von Brandenburg, German archbishop/monarch of Mainz/cardinal was born on this day in history.   

1491  On June - 28 birth of henry VIII, King of England (1509-47)   

1503  On this day in history birth of giovanni della Casa, Italian poet (d. 1556)   

1547  Cristofano Malvezzi, composer was born on this day in history.   

1550  John Drusius, Flemish hebrew translator was born on June - 28.