Famous Deaths Happened In August - 28

0388  Death of Magnus Maximus, Spanish West Roman Emperor (383-88), executed on this day in history.   

0430  Aurelius Augustinus, church elder/thinker (Belijdenissen), dies at 75 on August - 28.   

0876  On August - 28 louis the German, King of East France Empire (833-76), dies   

1065  Death of Frederik van Luxembourg, duke of Neth-Lutherans (1046-65) on this day in history.   

1341  On August - 28 death of king Leo V of Armenia (b. 1309)   

1481  Afonso V, King of Portugal, dies on this day in history.   

1484  Death of Diogo, duke of Viseu, murdered on August - 28.   

1539  On August - 28 death of lieven Pain, Flemish, beheaded at about 75   

1544  Alardus Aemstelredamus, priest/humanist, dies at about 53 on August - 28.   

1550  On this day in history nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, Charles V's asst sec of state, dies   

1645  Death of Hugo Grotius, Dutch philosopher and writer (b. 1583) on August - 28.   

1646  On August - 28 fulvio Testi, Italian poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53   

1647  Johann Dilliger, composer, dies at 53 on August - 28.   

1654  Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna, Swedish earl/chancellor/regent, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1676  Joan Cererols, composer, dies at 57 on August - 28.   

1677  On this day in history wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver/etcher/cartoonist, dies at 54   

1678  On this day in history death of john Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)   

1757  Death of David Hartley, English philosopher (b. 1705) on this day in history.   

1767  On this day in history johann Schobert, composer, dies   

1778  Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer/shipminister, dies on August - 28.   

1784  Death of Junípero Serra, Spanish missionary (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1793  Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/parliament member, dies on this day in history.   

1798  James Wilson, Scot/US judge/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1803  On this day in history charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter, dies   

1805  Death of Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1818  Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable, trader, founder of Chicago, dies on August - 28.   

1820  On August - 28 death of andrew Ellicott, American surveyor (b. 1754)   

1839  On August - 28 death of william Smith, English geologist (b. 1769)   

1885  Julius Hopp, composer, dies at 66 on August - 28.   

1900  On August - 28 henry Sidgwick, English philosopher (Women on University), dies   

1903  August Labitzky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov, composer (Baba Yaga), dies at 59 [NS]   

1916  Francis W Warre-Cornish, Engl vice-provost of Eton (1893-1916), dies on August - 28.   

1919  On this day in history louis Botha, South African Boer leader, dies   

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1025  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Reizei of Japan (d. 1068)   

1476  On this day in history birth of motonoboe, Japanese painter (Kano-school)   

1582  On this day in history birth of taichang Emperor, of the Ming dynasty of China (d. 1620)   

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/PM (1625-28)   

1612  Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn, Dutch scholar (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

1667  On August - 28 birth of louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1721)   

1673  On August - 28 birth of conrad Michael Schneider, composer   

1691  Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1750) was born on August - 28.