Famous Deaths In May - 28

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies  

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

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  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83  

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.  

1650  On this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59  

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

1685  Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on this day in history.  

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  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  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  Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on May - 28.  

1828  On May - 28 death of daikokuya Kōdayū, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)  

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.  

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

1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.  

1843  On May - 28 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84  

1849  On May - 28 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  On May - 28 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 May - 28.  

1883  On May - 28 august Freyer, composer, dies at 79  

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  On May - 28 edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies  

1911  On this day in history stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies  

1913  On May - 28 lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies  

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

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior  

1524  On this day in history birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)  

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

1582  On this day in history birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)  

1588  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on this day in history.  

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)