Famous Deaths In November - 28

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies  

1058  On November - 28 kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies  

1170  On November - 28 death of owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100)  

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on this day in history.  

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on November - 28.  

1499  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded  

1514  Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies on this day in history.  

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on November - 28.  

1559  Erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58 on this day in history.  

1574  On this day in history death of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)  

1585  On November - 28 death of hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)  

1590  On this day in history pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60  

1641  Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50 on this day in history.  

1667  Death of Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633) on this day in history.  

1675  Death of Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630) on this day in history.  

1680  On November - 28 giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies  

1695  Giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1698  Death of Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622) on this day in history.  

1785  On November - 28 william Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55  

1788  Charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53 on November - 28.  

1794  On this day in history friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64  

1801  On November - 28 death of déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)  

1815  On November - 28 johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70  

1827  On this day in history dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies  

1852  Death of Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1859  Washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies on this day in history.  

1860  On this day in history heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies  

1861  Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 on November - 28.  

1870  Death of Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

1872  Death of Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780) on November - 28.  

1876  Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84 on November - 28.  

1878  Marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1880  Death of Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837) on this day in history.  

1898  C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73 on November - 28.  

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1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on November - 28.  

1489  On this day in history birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)  

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1598  On November - 28 birth of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)  

1607  Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento was born on November - 28.  

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on November - 28.  

1640  On November - 28 birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)  

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.