Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28
Wednesday, 19 March 2025
1089 On May - 28 lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies
1259 Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on this day in history.
1317 On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63
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 this day in history.
1534 On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83
1556 Death of SaitÅ DÅsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.
1650 On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59
1672 On May - 28 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 Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on May - 28.
1750 Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on this day in history.
1787 Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1791 Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.
1805 On this day in history ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62
1808 On May - 28 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)
1811 Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on this day in history.
1816 On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord
1828 Death of Daikokuya KÅdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history.
1833 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on May - 28.
1836 Anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66 on May - 28.
1838 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on May - 28.
1843 On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
1849 Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on May - 28.
1862 Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on this day in history.
1863 Edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23 on this day in history.
1864 On this day in history henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle
1878 On May - 28 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)
1883 On this day in history august Freyer, composer, dies at 79
1889 Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 on this day in history.
1890 Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on May - 28.
1898 On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies
1911 On this day in history 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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