Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

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

1259  On May - 28 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  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  On this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59   

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  On May - 28 death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)   

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

1787  On May - 28 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67   

1791  On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

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

1811  Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on this day in history.   

1816  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

1828  On this day in history death of daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)   

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

1836  On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

1838  Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.   

1843  On May - 28 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

1883  August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 on May - 28.   

1889  On this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

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 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  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on May - 28.   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician   

1582  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

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

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.   

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