Famous Deaths In November - 28

0741  Gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on November - 28.   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on November - 28.   

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on November - 28.   

1499  On this day in history death of edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded   

1514  On this day in history hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  On November - 28 death of jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded   

1559  On November - 28 erasmus Sarcerius, German luthers theologist, dies at about 58   

1574  On this day in history death of georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)   

1585  On November - 28 death of hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)   

1590  Pierre de Loyseleur de Villiers, S Neth theologist, dies at about 60 on November - 28.   

1641  Robert Dowland, English luitist/son of John Dowland, dies at about 50 on this day in history.   

1667  On this day in history death of jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)   

1675  On November - 28 death of leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)   

1680  On this day in history giovanni L Bernini, Italian sculptor/painter, dies   

1695  On November - 28 giovanni Paulo Colonna, composer, dies at 58   

1698  On November - 28 death of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)   

1785  On November - 28 william Whipple, merchant/judge/signer (Decl of Independ), dies at 55   

1788  On November - 28 charles C of Nassau-Weilburg, governor of Maastricht, dies at about 53   

1794  Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prussian/US inspector-general of Washingtons army, dies at 64 on November - 28.   

1801  On this day in history death of déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)   

1815  Johann Peter Salomon, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1827  On this day in history dov Baer Schneersohn, Lubavitch leader/author (Imirei Binah), dies   

1852  On November - 28 death of ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)   

1859  On November - 28 washington Irving, US author (Geoffrey Crayon, gent), dies   

1860  Heinrich FL Rellstab, German music theorist, dies on November - 28.   

1861  Robert Fuhrer, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1870  Death of Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) on November - 28.   

1872  Death of Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780) on this day in history.   

1876  On November - 28 karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist, dies at 84   

1878  On November - 28 marco Aurelio Zani de Ferranti, composer, dies at 78   

1880  On this day in history death of aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)   

1898  C F Meyer, writer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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1118  Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) was born on November - 28.   

1489  Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) was born on this day in history.   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On November - 28 birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on November - 28.   

1640  On November - 28 birth of willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on November - 28.