Famous Deaths In May - 28

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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.  

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1747  Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on this day in history.  

1750  On May - 28 death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)  

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

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 May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies  

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on May - 28.  

1849  On May - 28 anne Bronte, novelist, dies  

1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]  

1863  Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history 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 this day in history august Freyer, composer, dies at 79  

1889  Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 on May - 28.  

1890  On May - 28 viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49  

1898  Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on May - 28.  

1911  On May - 28 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  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.  

1371  On this day in history 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 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.