Famous Deaths Happened In February - 28

0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on February - 28.   

1326  On February - 28 death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on this day in history.   

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505) on February - 28.   

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

1609  On this day in history paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1621  On February - 28 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  On this day in history claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56   

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

1737  On February - 28 hercule Brehy, composer, dies at 63   

1742  On this day in history willem J 's-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53   

1746  On February - 28 death of hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660)   

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  On this day in history death of john Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)   

1788  On this day in history death of thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)   

1796  Friedrich Wilhelm Rust, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1818  On February - 28 adriaan Loosjes Pzn, Dut publisher/writer (Moral Stories), dies at 56   

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

1857  On this day in history death of andré Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)   

1876  On this day in history charles Edward Horsley, composer, dies at 53   

1903  Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet, dies at 88 on February - 28.   

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

1912  Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies on this day in history.   

1913  Death of Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg, killed in S Georgia (South Atlantic) on February - 28.   

1916  Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 on this day in history.   

1922  On this day in history vicente Lleo, composer, dies at 51   

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  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on this day in history.   

1409  On February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On February - 28 birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

1573  On this day in history birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)   

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)