Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

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

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.   

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63   

1357  On May - 28 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  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  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59   

1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

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 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  Death of Daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1849  Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on May - 28.   

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on May - 28.   

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

1864  On May - 28 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 May - 28 august Freyer, composer, dies at 79   

1889  Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1898  Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on this day in history.   

1911  Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on May - 28.   

1913  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on May - 28.   

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1140  On May - 28 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 this day in history.   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on this day in history.