Famous Deaths Happened In May - 28

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

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

1317  On May - 28 guy van Avesnes/Henegouwen, bishop of Utrecht, dies at about 63   

1357  Afonso IV, King of Portugal (1325-57), dies at 66 on May - 28.   

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  Death of Saitō Dōsan, Japanese daimyo (b. 1494?) on this day in history.   

1650  On May - 28 gilles Hayne, composer, dies at 59   

1672  Death of John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626) on this day in history.   

1685  On May - 28 pieter de la Court, economist/historian, dies at about 67   

1747  Death of Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history death of emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)   

1787  On this day in history johann Georg Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer, dies at 67   

1791  On this day in history joseph Schmitt, composer, dies at 57   

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

1808  Death of Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720) on May - 28.   

1811  Death of Henry Dundas, British minister (b. 1742) on May - 28.   

1816  Death of Ras Wolde Selassie, Ethiopian warlord on this day in history.   

1828  Death of Daikokuya KōdayÅ«, Japanese castaway (b. 1751) on this day in history.   

1833  On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer, dies at 74   

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

1838  On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies   

1843  On May - 28 noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84   

1849  Anne Bronte, novelist, dies on this day in history.   

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

1863  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, lawyer, dies at 37   

1890  Viktor Ernst Nessler, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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  On May - 28 birth of xin Qiji, Chinese poet (d. 1207)   

1371  John, the Fearless, Burgundy France, Duke of Burgundy/warrior was born on this day in history.   

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  On May - 28 birth of william Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, English statesman (d. 1662)   

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 May - 28.   

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