Famous Deaths In May - 28

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 May - 28.  

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

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62  

1534  On May - 28 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 this day in history.  

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

1685  On this day in history 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 May - 28.  

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

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

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 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 May - 28 death of daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)  

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

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

1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1864  Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle on May - 28.  

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  On May - 28 willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37  

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

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

1911  Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on May - 28.  

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 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  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  On May - 28 birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)