Famous Deaths In May - 28
Sunday, 18 April 2021
1089 On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
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 On this day in history 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 On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1556 On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)
1650 Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.
1672 Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on May - 28.
1685 Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on May - 28.
1747 Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on May - 28.
1750 On this day in history death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1805 Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on this day in history.
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 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 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.
1843 Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on May - 28.
1849 On May - 28 anne Bronte, novelist, dies
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on this day in history.
1863 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1890 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on May - 28.
1898 Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on May - 28.
1911 Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on May - 28.
1913 On this day in history lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies
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