Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
0388 Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on August - 28.
0430 Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.
0876 Louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies on August - 28.
1065 Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on August - 28.
1341 On this day in history death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)
1481 On August - 28 afonso V, King of Portugal, dies
1484 Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on August - 28.
1539 Death of Lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75 on August - 28.
1544 Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 on August - 28.
1550 On this day in history nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies
1645 On August - 28 death of hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583)
1646 Fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53 on this day in history.
1647 Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53 on August - 28.
1654 On this day in history axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71
1676 Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1677 On this day in history wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54
1678 Death of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602) on August - 28.
1757 Death of David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) on this day in history.
1767 Johann Schobert, composer, dies on this day in history.
1778 On August - 28 jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies
1784 Death of JunÃpero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) on this day in history.
1793 On this day in history adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies
1798 James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55 on August - 28.
1803 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies on August - 28.
1805 Death of Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) on August - 28.
1818 On this day in history jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies
1820 On this day in history death of andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)
1839 Death of William Smith, English geologist (b. 1769) on this day in history.
1885 On this day in history julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66
1900 Henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history august Labitzky, composer, dies at 70
1914 On this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]
1916 On August - 28 francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies
1919 Louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies on this day in history.
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