Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on May - 28.   

1259  On this day in history christoffel I, King of Denmark, dies   

1317  Guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63 on May - 28.   

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

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1534  On May - 28 dirk Martens, Flemish printer/humanist, dies at about 83   

1556  On May - 28 death of saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?)   

1650  Gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59 on May - 28.   

1672  On this day in history death of john Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)   

1685  On this day in history pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67   

1747  Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on May - 28.   

1750  On this day in history 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 May - 28.   

1805  Ridolfo Luigi Boccherini, Ital composer/cellist (Minuet), dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1808  On May - 28 death of richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)   

1811  Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on this day in history.   

1816  On May - 28 death of ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord   

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 this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  On this day in history noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84   

1849  On this day in history anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  Lev A Ms, Russian nobleman/poet, dies at 40 [5/16] on May - 28.   

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

1864  On May - 28 henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle   

1878  Death of John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1792) on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history august Freyer, composer, dies at 79   

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

1890  On May - 28 viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On this day in history edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

1911  Stephanus J du Toit, So Afr theologist/journalist (Afr Bond), dies on May - 28.   

1913  On May - 28 lord Avebury, [John Lubbock], British banker/politician, dies   

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1140  On this day in history birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on May - 28.   

1524  Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1574) was born on May - 28.   

1577  Floris II van Pallandt, Dutch earl of Culemborg/politician was born on this day in history.   

1582  William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662) was born on May - 28.   

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

1641  On this day in history birth of janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693)   

1660  George I, King of England (1714-27) was born on May - 28.