Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28
Sunday, 02 November 2025
1089 Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history. 

1259 Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history. 

1317 On this day in history guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 

1357 Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1521 Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on May - 28. 

1534 On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 

1556 Death of SaitÅ DÅsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on May - 28. 

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 

1747 Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on May - 28. 

1750 Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on this day in history. 

1787 On May - 28 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 

1791 On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 

1805 On May - 28 ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 

1808 On May - 28 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) 

1811 Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on this day in history. 

1816 Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on this day in history. 

1828 Death of Daikokuya KÅdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history. 

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

1836 On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 

1838 On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies 

1843 On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 

1849 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on this day in history. 

1862 On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] 

1863 Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 on this day in history. 

1864 On this day in history henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle 

1878 Death of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on this day in history. 

1883 August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1889 On this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 

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 On this day in history lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies 

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