Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

1357  On May - 28 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  On this day in history death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59   

1672  On May - 28 death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)   

1685  On this day in history pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67   

1747  On this day in history death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)   

1750  Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on May - 28.   

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

1791  On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

1805  On May - 28 ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62   

1808  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on May - 28.   

1811  On this day in history death of henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)   

1816  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

1828  Death of Daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1843  On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84   

1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  On May - 28 lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]   

1863  Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 on this day in history.   

1864  Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1878  On May - 28 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)   

1883  August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 on May - 28.   

1889  On May - 28 willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

1890  On May - 28 viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

1911  On May - 28 stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies   

1913  On this day in history lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies   

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1140  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  On this day in history birth of john, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior   

1524  On May - 28 birth of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574)   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on May - 28.   

1582  On this day in history birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

1588  On May - 28 birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  On May - 28 birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)