Famous Deaths In May - 28

1089  On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.  

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on this day in history.  

1357  On May - 28 afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66  

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  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on May - 28.  

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59  

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  

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1747  On May - 28 death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)  

1750  On this day in history 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 May - 28.  

1816  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord  

1828  On this day in history death of daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)  

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

1836  Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on May - 28.  

1838  On May - 28 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 May - 28.  

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  On this day in history death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)  

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

1524  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)  

1577  On this day in history 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  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.  

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.