Famous Deaths In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.  

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

1534  On this day in history 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 May - 28.  

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

1750  Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1787  On this day in history johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67  

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

1805  On this day in history ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62  

1808  On May - 28 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  Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1843  On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84  

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

1864  On this day in history henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 May - 28.  

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.  

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

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)  

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.  

1660  On May - 28 birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)