Famous Deaths 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 May - 28.   

1357  On this day in history 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 May - 28.   

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.   

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

1672  On this day in history death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)   

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

1747  On May - 28 death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)   

1750  On this day in history death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)   

1787  On this day in history johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67   

1791  On May - 28 joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on May - 28.   

1808  On May - 28 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)   

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 May - 28 death of daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)   

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1836  Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on May - 28.   

1838  On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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

1862  On May - 28 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 this day in history henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle   

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

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 this day in history viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On May - 28 edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

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 May - 28.   

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.   

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  On May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  On May - 28 birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)