Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

1089  Lanfrance, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1521  Willem van Croij, duke of Soria, dies at about 62 on May - 28.   

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

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

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

1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on May - 28.   

1685  Pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67 on May - 28.   

1747  On this day in history death of luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715)   

1750  Death of Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720) on this day in history.   

1787  Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on May - 28.   

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

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 May - 28.   

1836  On this day in history 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 May - 28 anne Bronte, novelist, dies   

1862  On May - 28 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 May - 28 henry H Giesy, US Union-brig-general, dies in battle   

1878  On this day in history 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  Willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49   

1898  On May - 28 edward Bellamy, US author (Looking Backward), dies   

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

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 this day in history 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  Pierre Seguier, Chancellor of France (d. 1672) was born on May - 28.   

1641  Janez Vajkard Valvasor, Slovenian polymath (d. 1693) was born on May - 28.   

1660  On May - 28 birth of george I, King of England (1714-27)