Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

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

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on this day in history.   

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 February - 28.   

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  On this day in history death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

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 February - 28 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 February - 28.   

1626  Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 on February - 28.   

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  Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on February - 28.   

1742  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1746  Death of Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) on this day in history.   

1781  Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies   

1786  Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on February - 28.   

1788  Death of Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725) on this day in history.   

1796  On February - 28 friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

1818  On this day in history adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56   

1844  Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton on February - 28.   

1857  On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)   

1876  On February - 28 charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53   

1903  On this day in history girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on February - 28.   

1913  Death of Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.   

1916  On this day in history henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72   

1922  On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51   

1925  On February - 28 friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies   

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on February - 28.   

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

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On February - 28 birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

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

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.