Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1521  On May - 28 willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62   

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 May - 28.   

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  On May - 28 pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67   

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  On May - 28 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 May - 28 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 KōdayÅ«, 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 May - 28.   

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

1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  On May - 28 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]   

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 this day in history.   

1878  Death of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on May - 28.   

1883  August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 28 willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

1890  Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on May - 28.   

1898  On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

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  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.   

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 May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

1588  On May - 28 birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)