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  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  Dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83 on May - 28.   

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.   

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

1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on this day in history.   

1685  Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

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  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on May - 28.   

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on May - 28.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1833  On May - 28 johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74   

1836  Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on May - 28.   

1838  On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on May - 28.   

1849  On May - 28 anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on May - 28.   

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

1864  On May - 28 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 May - 28.   

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  Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on May - 28.   

1898  On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

1911  On May - 28 stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies   

1913  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on this day in history.   

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1140  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on May - 28.   

1524  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

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.