Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  On this day in history lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies   

1259  Christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies on May - 28.   

1317  On this day in history guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63   

1357  On this day in history afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66   

1521  On this day in history willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62   

1534  On this day in history dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on May - 28.   

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 May - 28 death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)   

1787  On May - 28 johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67   

1791  Joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1805  On this day in history ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62   

1808  On this day in history death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)   

1811  On this day in history death of henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742)   

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

1828  On May - 28 death of daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751)   

1833  Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1836  On May - 28 anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66   

1838  On May - 28 thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1849  On May - 28 anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  On this day in history lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16]   

1863  On May - 28 edmund Kirby Jr, Union-brig-gen, dies of injuries at 23   

1864  On this day in history henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle   

1878  On May - 28 death of john Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792)   

1883  August Freyer, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1889  On May - 28 willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

1890  Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on May - 28.   

1898  Edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies   

1913  Lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies on this day in history.   

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1140  Xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207) was born on May - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1577  On May - 28 birth of floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on this day in history.   

1588  On this day in history birth of pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672)   

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)