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  On this day in history afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66  

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62  

1534  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83  

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  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 May - 28 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67  

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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

1808  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on this day in history.  

1811  On May - 28 death of henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)  

1816  On this day in history death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord  

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 this day in history anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66  

1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1849  Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on this day in history.  

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

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  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 this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37  

1890  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on this day in history.  

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

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  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)