Famous Deaths In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  On May - 28 christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

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

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59   

1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on May - 28.   

1685  On May - 28 pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67   

1747  On May - 28 death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)   

1750  On this day in history death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)   

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 this day in history 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 May - 28 death of henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)   

1816  Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on May - 28.   

1828  Death of Daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on May - 28.   

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

1836  On this day in history anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

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  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on May - 28.   

1863  On this day in history edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23   

1864  Henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle on May - 28.   

1878  Death of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on this day in history.   

1883  On May - 28 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 this day in history.   

1898  On May - 28 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  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on this day in history.   

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

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on May - 28.   

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

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on May - 28.   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on this day in history.