Famous Deaths In May - 28

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.  

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on this day in history.  

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66  

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.  

1534  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83  

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)  

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.  

1672  On May - 28 death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)  

1685  On May - 28 pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67  

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1747  On this day in history death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)  

1750  On this day in history death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)  

1787  On this day in history johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67  

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on May - 28.  

1808  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on May - 28.  

1811  On this day in history death of henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)  

1816  Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on May - 28.  

1828  Death of Daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on May - 28.  

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1836  Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1838  On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies  

1843  On May - 28 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84  

1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies  

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on this day in history.  

1863  On May - 28 edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23  

1864  On May - 28 henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle  

1878  On May - 28 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

1883  On this day in history august Freyer, composer, dies at 79  

1889  Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1890  On this day in history viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49  

1898  Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on May - 28.  

1911  Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on this day in history.  

1913  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on May - 28.  

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.  

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on this day in history.  

1524  On this day in history birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)  

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.  

1582  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)  

1588  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on May - 28.  

1641  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)  

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.