Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28
Friday, 18 July 2025
0300 Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.
1367 On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
1446 Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.
1503 On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)
1542 Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.
1622 On this day in history francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.
1671 On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1694 On December - 28 mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7]
1703 On December - 28 death of mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
1706 Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 on December - 28.
1708 On December - 28 death of joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
1715 On this day in history death of william Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)
1734 On December - 28 death of robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)
1772 On this day in history ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82
1775 On December - 28 peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61
1779 On December - 28 gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64
1793 Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 on December - 28.
1795 Death of Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747) on this day in history.
1830 On this day in history adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83
1859 On December - 28 thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies
1860 Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57 on December - 28.
1862 On this day in history joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54
1870 On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72
1872 On December - 28 death of james Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808)
1878 On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90
1884 On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56
1891 Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.
1897 On December - 28 death of rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833)
1900 Death of Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer (b. 1846) on this day in history.
1903 George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 on December - 28.
1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1916 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on December - 28.
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