Famous Deaths In February - 28

0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on this day in history.   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)   

1573  Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54 on February - 28.   

1609  On this day in history paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1621  Death of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590) on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51   

1638  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56   

1665  On February - 28 lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies   

1737  On this day in history hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63   

1742  On this day in history willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

1746  Death of Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) on February - 28.   

1781  Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on February - 28.   

1784  On February - 28 phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies   

1786  On this day in history death of john Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)   

1788  On this day in history death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)   

1796  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on February - 28.   

1818  Adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1844  Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on this day in history.   

1857  Death of André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809) on February - 28.   

1876  Charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1903  On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  On this day in history joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on this day in history.   

1913  On February - 28 death of elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1916  Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on February - 28.   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1925  Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies on this day in history.   

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1155  On this day in history birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)   

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on this day in history.   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.   

1552  On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On this day in history birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)