Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

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

1556  On May - 28 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 this day in history.   

1685  Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history 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  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 May - 28.   

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 May - 28.   

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  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74   

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

1838  On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies   

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

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 May - 28.   

1864  Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle on May - 28.   

1878  On this day in history death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)   

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

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

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  On May - 28 stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies   

1913  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on this day in history.   

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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  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.   

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

1588  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on May - 28.   

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.