Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28
Sunday, 16 February 2025
1089 On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies
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 this day in history.
1534 On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1556 Death of SaitÅ DÅsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.
1650 On this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1672 On this day in history death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on May - 28.
1747 Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on May - 28.
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 On May - 28 ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1808 On this day in history death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
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 KÅdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history.
1833 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1849 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on May - 28.
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on this day in history.
1863 Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 on May - 28.
1864 Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle on May - 28.
1878 Death of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on May - 28.
1883 On this day in history august Freyer, composer, dies at 79
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 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 On this day in history lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
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