Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  On this day in history albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52   

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.   

1663  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77   

1694  Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7] on this day in history.   

1703  On this day in history death of mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)   

1706  On this day in history pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59   

1708  On December - 28 death of joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)   

1715  Death of William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649) on this day in history.   

1734  On December - 28 death of robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)   

1772  Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1775  On this day in history peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61   

1779  Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64 on December - 28.   

1793  On this day in history louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75   

1795  On December - 28 death of eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747)   

1830  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.   

1859  On December - 28 thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies   

1860  On December - 28 cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57   

1862  On December - 28 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

1870  On December - 28 alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1872  On this day in history death of james Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808)   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.   

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1897  Death of Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833) on December - 28.   

1900  On December - 28 death of alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer (b. 1846)   

1903  George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78   

1916  Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on this day in history.   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)