On this Day in History ... 28th February

28 Feb is in February.

1587 Execution of Mary Queen of Scots

1692 William III Creation of New Lords

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Events on the 28th February

On 28 Feb 1261 Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to Alexander III King Scotland (age 19) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 20). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 28 Feb 1347 John Graham Earl Menteith was hanged, drawn and quartered by direct orders of King Edward I to whom he had previously sworn fealty.

On 28 Feb 1463 John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand (age 30) died. On 28 Feb 1463 His son Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 7) succeeded 9th Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, 6th Baron Holand at around eight years of age. He became a ward of King Edward IV of England (age 20) who gave his wardship to Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 34) spending his childhood at Middleham Castle [Map] with the young (future) King Richard III of England (age 10).

Henry Machyn's Diary. 28 Feb 1552. The xxviij day of Feybruarii was bered the nobull [lady the] contes of Penbroke (deceased), and syster to the late qwyne and wyffe [to the] nobull Kyng Henry the viij. late kyng, and the good lade [the] contes of Penbroke the wyche she ded at Benard Castle [Map], and so cared unto Powlls. Ther was a C. [Note. 100] powre men and women had mantylle fryse gownes, then cam the haroldes, [then] the corse, and a-bowt her viij baners rolls of armes, and then cam the mornars boyth lordes and knyghts and gentyll men, and then cam the lades mornars and gentyll women mornars ij C. [then the] gentyll men and gentyll women, and after cam in cotts ij C. servandes and odur servandes, and she was bered by the tombe of [the duke] of Lankaster [Note. At St Paul's Cathedral [Map]], and after her banars wher sett up over her [and her] armes sett on dyvers pelers,-the vj King Edward vjth.

Note. Funeral of the countess of Pembroke. King Edward in his Diary records the death of the countess of Pembroke on the 20th Feb. 1551–2. As sister to queen Katharine Parr, she was a person of high consideration. A magnificent canopied monument to William Herbert, earl of Pembroke, and his countess Anne, with their recumbent effigies, and kneeling effigies of their three children, Henry earl of Pembroke, sir Edward Herbert knt. and Anne lady Talbot, was erected in St. Paul's cathedral, next the monument of John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster, and is represented in a plate of Dugdale's History of St. Paul's.

Henry Machyn's Diary. 28 Feb 1561. The xxviij day of Feybruary dyd pryche at the cowrt master Pylkyngtun (age 41) electyd pyshope of Durram a-for the quen('s) (age 27) grace, and made a godly sermon, and grett audyens.... the Marsalsay [Map] to be cared into the co[untry ...] men that was cast in Westmynster hall for robere done the last day of terme.

Calendars. 28 Feb 1587. Paris [Map]. Bernardino De Mendoza (age 47) to the King (age 59). Note. Assumed to be the Spanish King Philip II.

The English ambassador sent the confidant (i.e., Charles Arundel (age 54)) to me this morning to say that as it was so important that your Majesty (age 59) should be informed instantly of the news he had received last night from England, that he sent to tell me of it, and openly to confess me his anxiety to serve your Majesty (age 59). He offered himself entirely through me, in the assurance that your Majesty (age 59) would not order him to do anything against the interest of his mistress the Queen (age 53), who however, he could plainly see, had not long to live now that she had allowed the execution of the Queen of Scotland (deceased). It happened in this way. The Lord Treasurer (age 66) being absent through illness, the earl of Leicester (age 54), Lord Hunsdon (age 60), Lord Admiral Howard (age 51) and Walsingham (age 55), had represented to the Queen (age 53) that the Parliament would resolutely refuse to vote any money to maintain the war in Holland, or to fit out a naval force to help Don Antonio, unless she executed the Queen of Scotland (deceased). Under this pressure she consented to sign a warrant, as they called it, that the Parliament might see, but which was not to be executed, unless it were proved that the Queen of Scotland (deceased) conspired again against her life. As Secretary Walsingham (age 55) was ill this warrant was taken to the Queen (age 53) for her signature by Davison (age 46), and after she had signed it she ordered him not to give it to anyone unless she gave him personally her authority to do so. Davison (age 46), who is a terrible heretic and an enemy of the Queen of Scotland (deceased), like the rest of the above-mentioned, delivered the warrant to them. They took a London executioner and sent him with the warrant to the justice of the county where the Queen of Scotland (deceased) was. The moment the justice received it, on the 8th [NOTE. Appears to be a typo; original says 18th], he entered the Queen of Scotland's (deceased) chamber with Paulet (age 54) and Lord Grey (age 46), who had charge of her, and there they had her head cut off with a hatchet in the presence of the four persons only. The Queen (age 53) orders her ambassador to inform this King (age 59) of it, and assure him, as she will more fully by a special envoy, that the deed was done against her will, and although she had signed the warrant she had no intention of having it carried out. She cannot avoid blaming herself for having trusted anyone but herself in such a matter. The ambassador is begging earnestly for an audience and is keeping the matter secret until he tells the King. In order that no time may be lost in informing your Majesty, I send this special courier in the name of merchants, by way of Bordeaux, whence he will go post to Irun; and as God has so willed that these accursed people, for His ends, should fall into "reprobrium sensum," and against all reason commit such an act as this, it is evidently His design to deliver those two kingdoms into your Majesty's hands. I thanked the ambassador in general terms for his offer, saying that I would give an account thereof to your Majesty. As I have formerly said, it will be most advisable to accept it, and pledge him to give us notice of any machinations here and in England against us. He reports that the fitting out of ships continues but in no greater number than he previously advised, although the rumour is current here that there would be 60 English, besides the Hollanders, but that the crews, etc. were not raised and no time fixed for the departure. The ambassador says he will have full information on the point when a gentleman of his has arrived whom he had sent to England to gain intelligence, as Cecil only writes now to say that the execution of the Queen of Scotland has been against his will, as he, the ambassador knew; and that the King, her son, was in great danger of suffering a similar fate. The execution was known in London on the 20th when the executioner returned, and great bonfires had been lit for joy all over the countryside. They did not even give her time to commend her soul to God. .

On 28 Feb 1591 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland was born to Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.

On 28 Feb 1627 Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford was born to Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford (age 51) and Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess of Oxford (age 47).

On or before 28 Feb 1645 Francois de Troy was born.

On 28 Feb 1648 Christian IV King Denmark (age 70) died. His son Frederick III King Denmark (age 38) succeeded III King Denmark. Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

Pepy's Diary. 28 Feb 1667. So back home and to dinner, where Mr. Holliard (age 58) dined with us, and pleasant company he is. I love his company, and he secures me against ever having the stone again. He gives it me, as his opinion, that the City will never be built again together, as is expected, while any restraint is laid upon them. He hath been a great loser, and would be a builder again, but, he says, he knows not what restrictions there will be, so as it is unsafe for him to begin.

Evelyn's Diary. 28 Feb 1676. [Note. Date adjusted to 28 Feb since original entry stated 29 Feb when it isn't a leap year.] I dined with Mr. Povey (age 62), one of the Masters of Requests, a nice contriver of all elegancies, and exceedingly formal. Supped with Sir J. Williamson, where were of our Society Mr. Robert Boyle (age 49), Sir Christopher Wren (age 52), Sir William Petty (age 52), Dr. Holden, subdean of his Majesty's (age 45) Chapel, Sir James Shaen, Dr. Whistler, and our Secretary, Mr. Oldenburg (age 57).

Evelyn's Diary. 28 Feb 1692. Lord Marlborough (age 41) having used words against the King (age 41), and been discharged from all his great places, his wife (age 31) was forbidden the Court, and the Princess of Denmark (age 27) was desired by the Queen (age 29) to dismiss her from her service; but she refusing to do so, goes away from Court to Sion house [Map]. Divers new Lords made: Sir Henry Capel (age 53), Sir William Fermor (age 43), etc. Change of Commissioners in the Treasury. The Parliament adjourned, not well satisfied with affairs. The business of the East India Company, which they would have reformed, let fall. The Duke of Norfolk (age 37) does not succeed in his endeavor to be divorced.

On 28 Feb 1818 Anne Vallayer Coster (age 73) died.

Letters of Christina Rossetti. 30 Torrington Square-W.C., Saturday 28th [?February 1885]

My dear Alice (age 60),

My Mother & I pay you affectionate thanks-to you & to Mrs Scott-for offering us this time a friendly pleasure we can accept. With your leave we hope to be with you at 2 o'clock next Thursday, & shall be happy to see the Miss Courtneys again, & to look forward to a late view of Mr Scott. Pray observe that your memoria technica has enabled me to spell your sisters' names correctly.1 It is happy for me that you did not select Thursday in this week, as I am struggling thro' an amorphous phase thanks to a gathering in my nose! but by next Thursday I trust I may be presentable to indulgent eyes. My dearest Mother's health continues, I am thankful to say, good, & she takes her little walks despite various winds of the compass.

With my Aunt's remembrances

Always your affectionate

Christina G. Rossetti (age 54)

Note 1. Actually AB's (age 60) half sisters, born to her mother Margaret Losh Boyd who married Henry Courtney after her first husband's death. AB's brother, Spencer Boyd, thirteenth laird of Penkill Castle, left the property to Alice at his death in 1865 but with the proviso that if she died without an heir it would pass to one of his mother's remaining children. Thus, when AB died on 11 April 1897, Penkill and the title were inherited by Eleanor Margaret Courtney Boyd (fifteenth laird), the eldest of the half sisters mentioned in this letter.

28 Feb 1922 . Photograph of the wedding of Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) with George V King United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54).

On 28 Feb 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother George V King United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of George V King United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).

On 28 Feb 1927 Luke Fildes (age 83) died.

On 28 Feb 1941 Alfonso XIII King Spain (age 54) died.

On 28 Feb 1963 Harold St George Gray (age 91) died.

Births on the 28th February

On 28 Feb 1261 Margaret Dunkeld Queen Consort Norway was born to Alexander III King Scotland (age 19) and Margaret Queen of Scotland (age 20). She a granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 28 Feb 1333 William Ferrers 3rd Baron Ferrers of Groby was born to Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 30) and Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 16). He a great x 2 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 28 Feb 1436 William Plumpton was born to William Plumpton (age 31).

On 28 Feb 1518 Francis Valois was born to King Francis I of France (age 23) and Claude Valois Orléans Queen Consort France (age 18). Coefficient of inbreeding 4.50%.

On 28 Feb 1591 Henry Clifford 5th Earl of Cumberland was born to Francis Clifford 4th Earl of Cumberland (age 32) and Grisold Hughes Countess Cumberland.

On 28 Feb 1611 William Brereton 2nd Baron Brereton was born to John Bererton (age 20) and Anne Fitton (age 17).

On 28 Feb 1613 Bishop John Pearson was born.

On 28 Feb 1627 Aubrey de Vere 20th Earl of Oxford was born to Robert de Vere 19th Earl of Oxford (age 51) and Beatrice Van Hemmema Countess of Oxford (age 47).

On 28 Feb 1639 William Barkham 3rd Baronet was born to Edward Barkham 1st Baronet (age 47) and Francis Berney.

On or before 28 Feb 1645 Francois de Troy was born.

On 28 Feb 1679 Joseph Shippen was born to Edward Shippen (age 40) and Elizabeth Lybrand.

On or before 28 Feb 1698 Richard Brisco was born to John Brisco of Crofton (age 52).

On 28 Feb 1705 John Molesworth 4th Baronet was born to John Molesworth 3rd Baronet (age 36) and Jane Arscott Lady Molesworth (age 26).

On 28 Feb 1707 Philip Roper 9th Baron Teynham was born to Henry Roper 8th Baron Teynham (age 31) and Catherine Smythe Baroness Teynham.

Before 28 Feb 1711 John Stanley-Massey-Stanley 6th Baronet was born to William Stanley 3rd Baronet (age 32).

On 28 Feb 1724 George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend was born to Charles Townshend 3rd Viscount Townsend (age 23) and Audrey aka Etheldreda Harrison (age 16).

On 28 Feb 1728 Thomas Pelham 1st Earl Chichester was born to Thomas "Turk" Pelham (age 23).

On 03 Feb 1731 Francis Eliott 5th Baronet was born to John Eliott 4th Baronet (age 25). He was baptised at St George's Church, Hanover Square on 28 Feb 1731.

On 28 Feb 1743 Carolina Orange Nassau was born to Willam Karel Hendrik Friso Orange Nassau (age 31) and Princess Anne Hanover (age 33). She a granddaughter of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 28 Feb 1750 Cecilia Lennox was born to Charles Lennox 2nd Duke Richmond (age 48) and Sarah Cadogan Duchess Richmond (age 44). She a great granddaughter of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 28 Feb 1778 Reverend John Sanford was born to John Sanford.

On or before 28 Feb 1783, the date he was baptised, Joshua Wilson Faulkner was born to William Faulkner.

On 28 Feb 1783 Gabriele Pasquale Giuseppe Rossetti was born at Vasto.

On 28 Feb 1790 Neville Custance was born to John Custance (age 40) and Frances Beauchamp-Proctor (age 31).

On 28 Feb 1797 Willem Frederick Karel Prince Orange Nassau was born to William Orange Nassau I Prince Orange (age 24). He a great x 2 grandson of King George II of Great Britain and Ireland.

On 28 Feb 1823 Captain William Monck was born to Charles Monck 3rd Viscount Monck (age 31) and Bridget Willington (age 33).

On 28 Feb 1830 John Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 11th or 17th Baron Saye and Sele was born to Frederick Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes 10th or 16th Baron Saye and Sele (age 30) and Emily Wingfield (age 32).

On 28 Feb 1869 Albert Oldenburg was born to Prince Frederick Christian Oldenburg (age 38) and Helena Windsor (age 22). He a grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

On 28 Feb 1872 Douglas Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham was born.

On 28 Feb 1876 Dudley Pigott aka Carleton 2nd Baron Dorchester was born to Francis Paynton Pigott and Henrietta Carleton 1st Baroness Dorchester (age 30).

On 28 Feb 1881 Fernando Sanz y Martínez de Arizala Bourbon was born illegitimately to Alfonso XII King Spain (age 23) and Elena Armanda Sanz at Madrid.

On 28 Feb 1882 Gerald Shuckburgh 11th Baronet was born to George Thomas Shuckburgh 9th Baronet (age 52) and Ida Florence Geraldine Robertson Lady Schuckburgh. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.13%.

On 28 Feb 1892 Charles George Edric Clowes was born to Major Charles Edward Clowes (age 33) and Isabella Sara Vanderbyl in the Parish of St Faith, Winchester [Map]. He was baptised in the Church of the Holy Cross, Winchester [Map].

On 28 Feb 1897 Cyril Holland Shakerley 5th Baronet was born to George Herbert Shakerley 4th Baronet (age 33) and Evelyn Mary France-Hayhurst Lady Shakerley (age 27).

On 28 Feb 1905 John North was born to Frederick George North 8th Earl Guildford (age 28).

On 28 Feb 1912 Bertil Bernadotte was born to Gustaf Adolph VI King Sweden (age 29) and Margaret "Daisy" Windsor (age 30). He a great grandson of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.

Marriages on the 28th February

Around 28 Feb 1292 Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 15) and Agnes St John Countess Devon (age 17) were married. She by marriage Baroness Okehampton. He a great x 5 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

Before 28 Feb 1333 Henry Ferrers 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby (age 30) and Isabel Verdun Baroness Ferrers Groby (age 16) were married. She by marriage Baroness Ferrers of Groby. She a great granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

On 28 Feb 1422 John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft and Joyce Charleton Baroness Tiptoft (age 18) were married. She by marriage Baroness Tiptoft. She the daughter of Edward Charleton 5th Baron Cherleton and Eleanor Holland Countess March and Ulster. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England.

After 28 Feb 1436 William Plumpton and Elizabeth Clifford were married. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

After 28 Feb 1463 William Stanley (age 28) and Joan Beaumont Baroness Lovel (age 28) were married. She the daughter of John Beaumont 1st Viscount Beaumont and Katherine Neville Duchess Norfolk (age 63). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 4 grandson of King Edward "Longshanks" I of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Edward III of England.

On 28 Feb 1607 Grey Brydges 5th Baron Chandos (age 27) and Anne Stanley Countess Castlehaven (age 26) were married. She the daughter of Ferdinando Stanley 5th Earl of Derby and Alice Spencer Countess Derby (age 57). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry VII of England and Ireland.

On 28 Feb 1620 Thomas Knyvet 5th Baron Berners (age 23) and Frances Vaughan were married.

On 28 Feb 1621 William Stonor (age 27) and Elizabeth Lake (age 21) were married at St Martin in the Fields [Map].

On 28 Feb 1652 Charles Paulet 1st Duke Bolton (age 22) and Christian Freschville (age 18) were married. He the son of John Paulet 5th Marquess Winchester (age 54) and Jane Savage Marchioness Winchester.

After 28 Feb 1681 Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis (age 25) and Anne Scott Duchess Monmouth and Buccleuch (age 30) were married. She the daughter of Francis Scott 2nd Earl Buccleuch and Margaret Leslie Countess Buccleuch and Wemyss (age 60).

Around 28 Feb 1685 William Boughton 4th Baronet (age 22) and Mary Ramsey (age 16) were married.

After 28 Feb 1685 William Boughton 4th Baronet (age 22) and Catherine Schuckburgh were married.

On 28 Feb 1692 Algernon Capell 2nd Earl Essex (age 21) and Mary Bentinck Countess Essex (age 12) were married. She by marriage Countess Essex. She the daughter of William Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland (age 42) and Anne Villiers Countess Portland. He the son of Arthur Capell 1st Earl Essex and Elizabeth Percy Countess Essex (age 56). They were half third cousins.

On 28 Feb 1717 Lieutenenant-General Thomas Howard (age 32) and Mary Moreton were married at St Bride's Church, Dublin.

On 28 Feb 1778 Harry Trelawny 7th Baronet (age 21) and Anne Brown Lady Trelawny were married at Kingston St Mary, Somerset. She by marriage Lady Trelawny of Trelawny in Cornwall.

On 28 Feb 1788 Captain James Coleridge (age 28) and Frances Duke Taylor (age 29) were married at St Mary Arches Church, Exeter.

On 28 Feb 1796 George Augustus North 3rd Earl Guildford (age 38) and Susan Coutts Countess Guilford were married. She by marriage Countess Guildford. He the son of Frederick North 2nd Earl Guildford and Anne Speke Countess Guilford (age 56).

On 28 Feb 1797 Admiral John Richard Delap-Halliday aka Delap-Tollemache (age 25) and Elizabeth Stratford were married. She the daughter of John Stratford 3rd Earl Aldborough (age 57) and Elizabeth Hamilton Countess Aldborough (age 40).

On 28 Feb 1799 Charles Arbuthnot (age 31) and Marcia Clapcote Lisle (age 24) were married at Cholmondeley House.

On 28 Feb 1804 Henry Charles Edward Vernon (age 24) and Maria Cooke (age 20) were married.

On 28 Feb 1811 Sackville Tufton 9th Earl of Thanet (age 41) and Anne Charlotte de Bojanowitz were married at St George's Church, Hanover Square. He the son of Sackville Tufton 8th Earl of Thanet and Mary Sackville Countess Thanet (age 64).

Before 28 Feb 1823 Dean Charles Talbot (age 53) and Elizabeth Somerset (age 50) were married. She the daughter of Henry Somerset 5th Duke Beaufort and Elizabeth Boscawen Duchess Beaufort (age 75).

On 28 Feb 1825 William Cholmondeley 3rd Marquess Cholmondeley (age 24) and Marcia Emma Georgiana Arbuthnot Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 21) were married at Cholmondeley House. He the son of George Cholmondeley 1st Marquess Cholmondeley (age 75) and Georgina Charlotte Bertie Marchioness Cholmondeley (age 63).

Before 28 Feb 1833 James aka John Wilson Carmichael (age 32) and Mary Sweet (age 28) were married.

On 28 Feb 1878 Lionel Tennyson (age 23) and Eleanor Locker (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map].

On 28 Feb 1878 Captain Cornwallis Maude (age 25) and Eva Henrietta Brooke were married. He the son of Cornwallis Maude 1st Earl Montalt (age 60) and Clementina Elphinstone-Fleming Viscountess Hawarden. They were half third cousins.

On 28 Feb 1882 Captain Cecil Stratford Paget (age 25) and Mary Frances Erskine-Wemyss (age 26) were married. She a great granddaughter of King William IV of the United Kingdom.

Before 28 Feb 1921 Marmaduke Furness 1st Viscount Furness (age 37) and Ada "Daisy" Hogg Viscountess Furness were married. She by marriage Viscountess Furness of Grantley in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

On 28 Feb 1922 Henry Lascelles 6th Earl Harewood (age 39) and Princess Mary Windsor Countess Harewood (age 24) were married at Westminster Abbey [Map]. His best-man was Major Victor Mackenzie 3rd Baronet (age 39). Her bridesmaids included Doris Hilda Gordon-Lennox (age 25), Mary Cambridge Duchess Beaufort (age 24), Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Queen Consort England (age 21), Princess Maud Duff Countess Southesk (age 28), Rachel Cavendish (age 20), Helen Diana Bridgeman (age 14), Mary Beatrice Thynne Baroness Nunburnholme (age 18) and Princess May of Teck (age 16). The wedding was attending by her father and mother George V King United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). She the daughter of George V King United Kingdom (age 56) and Victoria Mary Teck Queen Consort England (age 54). He the son of Henry Ulrick Lascelles 5th Earl Harewood (age 75) and Florence Katharine Bridgeman Countess Harewood (age 63).

Before 28 Feb 1939 Edward Arthur Colebrooke 1st Baron Colebrooke (age 77) and Alexandra Harriet Paget (age 74) were married.

Deaths on the 28th February

After 28 Feb 929 Adalbert I Margrave of Ivrea died.

On 28 Feb 1105 Raymond Rouerge IV Count Toulose (age 64) died. His son Alphonse Rouerge I Count Toulose (age 2) succeeded I Count Toulose.

On 28 Feb 1141 Helie Burgundy Countess Ponthieu (age 61) died.

On 28 Feb 1159 Sancha Raimúndez Ivrea (age 59) died.

On 28 Feb 1261 Henry Reginar III Duke Brabant (age 31) died. His son Henry Reginar IV Duke Brabant (age 10) succeeded IV Duke Brabant.

On 28 Feb 1292 Hugh Courtenay 3rd Baron Okehampton (age 40) died at Cullicombe, Devon. His son Hugh Courtenay 9th Earl Devon (age 15) succeeded 4th Baron Okehampton.

On 28 Feb 1297 John Maltravers (age 59) died at Woolcombe Maltravers.

On 28 Feb 1326 Leopold Habsburg I Duke Austria (age 35) died. His brother Albert Habsburg II Duke Austria (age 27) succeeded II Duke Austria.

On 28 Feb 1336 William Zouche 1st Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 71) died at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. He was buried at Tewkesbury Abbey [Map]. His son Alan Zouche 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer (age 18) succeeded 2nd Baron Zouche Mortimer. Eleanor Damory Baroness Zouche Mortimer (age 17) by marriage Baroness Zouche Mortimer.

On 28 Feb 1347 John Graham Earl Menteith was hanged, drawn and quartered by direct orders of King Edward I to whom he had previously sworn fealty.

On 28 Feb 1452 David Home (age 70) died.

On 28 Feb 1463 John Lovell 8th Baron Lovel 5th Baron Holand (age 30) died. On 28 Feb 1463 His son Francis Lovell 1st Viscount Lovell (age 7) succeeded 9th Baron Lovel of Titchmarsh, 6th Baron Holand at around eight years of age. He became a ward of King Edward IV of England (age 20) who gave his wardship to Richard "Kingmaker" Neville Earl Warwick, 6th Earl Salisbury (age 34) spending his childhood at Middleham Castle [Map] with the young (future) King Richard III of England (age 10).

On 28 Feb 1469 Louis Amboise (age 77) died.

On 28 Feb 1494 Jane Pole (age 64) died.

On 28 Feb 1508 Philip Elector Palatinate (age 59) died.

On 28 Feb 1551 Martin Bucer (age 59) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge [Map].

On 28 Feb 1555 Robert Bowes (age 63) died.

On 28 Feb 1556 John Bourchier (age 27) died. He was buried at the Church of St John Lateran, Hengrave.

On 28 Feb 1564 Margaret Saunders (age 54) died at Reigate, Surrey [Map].

On 28 Feb 1569 John Harleston (age 57) died.

On 28 Feb 1572 Catherine of Austria Queen Consort Poland (age 38) died.

On 28 Feb 1584 Thomas Lodge (age 75) died. He was buried at the Church of St Mary Aldermary.

On 28 Feb 1584 Alderman James Altham (age 55) died.

On 28 Feb 1606 Catherine Kerr (age 68) died.

On 28 Feb 1619 Barbara Cholmley Viscountess Faunconberg (age 44) died.

On 28 Feb 1621 Cosimo II de Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (age 30) died.

Before 28 Feb 1632, the date he was buried at St Bride's Church, Cuthbert Halsall (age 59) died at Fleet Prison [Map].

Before 28 Feb 1645 Philip Knyvet 1st Baronet (age 75) died. His son Robert Knyvet 2nd Baronet succeeded 2nd Baronet Knyvet of Buckenham in Norfolk.

On 28 Feb 1648 Christian IV King Denmark (age 70) died. His son Frederick III King Denmark (age 38) succeeded III King Denmark. Sophie Amalie Hanover Queen Consort Denmark (age 19) by marriage Queen Consort Denmark.

Before 28 Feb 1651 Thomas Bowyer 1st Baronet (age 64) died. He was buried at the Church of St Stephen, North Mudham on 28 Feb 1651. His son Thomas Bowyer 2nd Baronet (age 42) succeeded 2nd Baronet Bowyer of Leighthorne in Sussex.

On 28 Feb 1665 Louis Nassau Beverweert (age 63) died at The Hague.

On 28 Feb 1669 Paulina Montagu (age 20) died.

On 28 Feb 1674 Edward Moreton (age 75) died.

On 28 Feb 1676 Frances Brocket (age 92) died.

On 28 Feb 1681 Elizabeth Fox Baroness Cornwallis died.

On 28 Feb 1684 Elizabeth Bertie Lady Stapleton died.

On 28 Feb 1703 Roger Twisden 2nd Baronet (age 62) died. His son Thomas Twisden 3rd Baronet (age 33) succeeded 3rd Baronet Twisden of Bradbourne in Kent.

On 28 Feb 1712 Mary Pye (age 60) died.

Around 28 Feb 1713 Anne Morice Lady Pole (age 60) died.

On 28 Feb 1716 William Drake 4th Baronet (age 57) died. His son John Drake 5th Baronet (age 27) succeeded 5th Baronet Drake of Ashe in Devon.

On 28 Feb 1717 James Smyth of Isfield 1st Baronet (age 31) died. His son Robert Smyth of Isfield 2nd Baronet (age 8) succeeded 2nd Baronet Smyth of Isfield.

On 28 Feb 1718 Arabella Bertie Countess Rivers died.

On 28 Feb 1721 Caleb Heathcote (age 55) died.

On 28 Feb 1722 William Kerr 2nd Marquess Lothian (age 61) died. His son William Kerr 3rd Marquess Lothian (age 32) succeeded 3rd Marquess Lothian.

Around 28 Feb 1729 Edmund Prideaux 5th Baronet (age 43) died. His brother John Prideaux 6th Baronet (age 33) succeeded 6th Baronet Prideaux of Netherton in Devon. Anne Vaughan Lady Prideaux (age 32) by marriage Lady Prideaux of Netherton in Devon.

On 28 Feb 1740 Ann Lumley died.

On 28 Feb 1778 Margaret Tufton Countess Leicester (age 77) died. Baron de Clifford abeyant.

On 28 Feb 1785 John Elphinstone (age 63) died.

On 28 Feb 1791 Alice Astley Countess Tankerville (age 74) died.

On 28 Feb 1795 Henry Egerton (age 66) died.

On 28 Feb 1818 Anne Vallayer Coster (age 73) died.

Around 28 Feb 1819 Reverend Houlton Hartwell (age 36) died.

On 28 Feb 1823 Dean Charles Talbot (age 53) died.

On 28 Feb 1835 Reverend William Nelson 1st Earl Nelson (age 77) died. His nephew Thomas Bolton aka Nelson 2nd Earl Nelson (age 48) succeeded 2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and Merson in Surrey, 2nd Viscount Merton and changed his surname from Bolton to Nelson.

On 28 Feb 1836 William Morton Pitt (age 71) died.

On 28 Feb 1848 Jessie Dalrymple Goddard (age 23) died from childbirth a few weeks after the birth of their only child Ernest Ambrose Vivian 2nd Baron Swansea.

On 28 Feb 1849 John Collier (age 79) died.

On 28 Feb 1857 Elizabeth Fitzgerald (age 77) died.

On 28 Feb 1858 Olivia Letitia Catherine Fitzgerald (age 70) died at Bath, Somerset [Map].

On 28 Feb 1878 Reginald James Macartney Greville-Nugent (age 29) was killed racing following a fall in a steeplechase at Sandown Park.

On 28 Feb 1890 Robert Needham Philips (age 75) died.

On 28 Feb 1897 Frederick Howard (age 82) died at Eastbourne.

On 28 Feb 1907 Henry Montague Hozier (age 68) died.

On 28 Feb 1907 Henrietta Anne Theodosia Vyner Marchioness Ripon (age 73) died.

On 28 Feb 1912 Victoria Temple died.

On 28 Feb 1913 Gertrude Thynne Countess Kenmare died.

On 28 Feb 1916 Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Burton (age 60) died.

On 28 Feb 1920 Henry Haughton Reynolds-Moreton (age 62) died.

On 28 Feb 1921 Walter Hore-Ruthven 9th Baron Ruthven (age 82) died.

On 28 Feb 1921 Ada "Daisy" Hogg Viscountess Furness died aboard the Furness yacht Sapphire off the coast of Portugal, while recovering from an operation. She was buried at sea.

On 28 Feb 1927 Luke Fildes (age 83) died.

On 28 Feb 1929 Gertrude Mary Arundell died.

On 28 Feb 1933 Eleanor Surtees (age 76) died.

On 28 Feb 1939 Clement Tyrwhitt (age 81) died.

On 28 Feb 1941 Alfonso XIII King Spain (age 54) died.

On 28 Feb 1948 Major Edward Seymour (age 71) died.

On 28 Feb 1950 Harry Lloyd Verney (age 78) died.

On 28 Feb 1951 Maud Cunnington née Pegge (age 81) died.

On 28 Feb 1951 George Oliver Colthurst 7th Baronet (age 68) died. His brother Richard St John Jefferyes Colthurst 8th Baronet (age 63) succeeded 8th Baronet Colthurst of Ardum in County Cork.

On 28 Feb 1952 Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson (age 73) died.

On 28 Feb 1963 Harold St George Gray (age 91) died.

On 28 Feb 1964 Monica Claire Neame (age 75) died.

On 28 Feb 1987 Stephen Tennant (age 80) died.