Famous Deaths In February - 28

0642  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

1453  On this day in history death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

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  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.   

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

1609  Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1618  On February - 28 filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63   

1621  On February - 28 death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)   

1626  On February - 28 cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51   

1638  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1665  Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on this day in history.   

1737  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1784  On February - 28 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 February - 28.   

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  On February - 28 abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton   

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

1876  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53   

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

1905  Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 on February - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on February - 28.   

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  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.   

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

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

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