Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28
Tuesday, 04 November 2025
							1089  On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  
 
						
							1259  On May - 28 christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies  
 
						
							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 May - 28.  
 
						
							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 this day in history.  
 
						
							1556  On this day in history death of saitÅ DÅsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)  
 
						
							1650  On this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59  
 
						
							1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on May - 28.  
 
						
							1685  Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on May - 28.  
 
						
							1747  On May - 28 death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)  
 
						
							1750  On May - 28 death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)  
 
						
							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  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on this day in history.  
 
						
							1808  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on this day in history.  
 
						
							1811  Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on this day in history.  
 
						
							1816  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord  
 
						
							1828  On this day in history death of daikokuya KÅdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)  
 
						
							1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.  
 
						
							1836  On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66  
 
						
							1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.  
 
						
							1843  On May - 28 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84  
 
						
							1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies  
 
						
							1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]  
 
						
							1863  On this day in history 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  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 May - 28.  
 
						
							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  Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on May - 28.  
 
						
							1911  Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on May - 28.  
 
						
							1913  On May - 28 lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies  
 
						
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