Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.   

1485  On February - 28 death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on February - 28.   

1525  On February - 28 death of cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on this day in history.   

1573  On February - 28 jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54   

1609  On February - 28 paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

1618  On February - 28 filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63   

1621  On this day in history death of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)   

1626  On February - 28 cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51   

1638  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1665  Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies on February - 28.   

1737  Hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63 on February - 28.   

1742  Willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1746  Death of Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) on this day in history.   

1781  Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies   

1786  Death of John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713) on February - 28.   

1788  On February - 28 death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)   

1796  On this day in history friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56   

1818  On this day in history adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56   

1844  On February - 28 abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton   

1857  On February - 28 death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)   

1876  On February - 28 charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53   

1903  On February - 28 girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88   

1905  On February - 28 joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85   

1912  On February - 28 bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies   

1913  On this day in history death of elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic)   

1916  On February - 28 henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72   

1922  Vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1925  On February - 28 friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies   

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1155  Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183) was born on this day in history.   

1261  On February - 28 birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)   

1409  Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.   

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on this day in history.   

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.   

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.