Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1259  On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63   

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 May - 28.   

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1672  On May - 28 death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)   

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 this day in history.   

1750  Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on May - 28.   

1787  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history 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  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

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

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

1836  On this day in history anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

1838  On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on this day in history.   

1863  On this day in history 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 May - 28 august Freyer, composer, dies at 79   

1889  On May - 28 willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

1890  On May - 28 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  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on May - 28.   

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1140  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  On May - 28 birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.   

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on May - 28.   

1588  On May - 28 birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on May - 28.   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on this day in history.