Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

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 Saitō Dōsan, 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 KōdayÅ«, 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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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.   

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

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

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

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

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.