Famous Birthdays In December - 28

1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.  

1484  On this day in history birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen  

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)  

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

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on December - 28.  

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.  

1655  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.  

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)  

1694  Ceslav Vanura, composer was born on December - 28.  

1731  Christian Cannabich, German composer/royal chaplain master was born on December - 28.  

Advertisements

1738  Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer was born on December - 28.  

1751  On this day in history birth of josef Blazej Smrcek, composer  

1753  Johan Wikmanson, composer was born on December - 28.  

1763  On this day in history birth of john Molson, founded Montreal brewery (Molsons)  

1778  Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846) was born on December - 28.  

1783  Robert Gallenberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1787  On December - 28 birth of hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao  

1801  On December - 28 birth of james Barnes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1869  

1805  Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer was born on this day in history.  

1812  Julius Reitz, composer was born on December - 28.  

1822  William Booth Taliaferro, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.  

1823  On December - 28 birth of thomas Alexander Scott, Asst Secy War (Union), died in 1881  

1826  On this day in history birth of conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens)  

1827  Robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brig General (Union), died in 1862 was born on December - 28.  

1828  Karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist (katatonie) was born on this day in history.  

1833  Charles Miller Shelley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 was born on this day in history.  

1835  Archibald Geikie, British geologist was born on December - 28.  

1837  On this day in history birth of benjamin Johnson Lang, composer  

1842  On this day in history birth of calixa Lavallee, composer  

1845  On December - 28 birth of homer Newton Bartlett, composer  

1849  On this day in history birth of herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck  

1856  [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, Staunton Va, (28 pres-D-1912-21, Nobel 1919) was born on this day in history.  

1859  On this day in history birth of gerard Brucken Fock, composer  

1859  On December - 28 birth of john W Fortescue, military historian  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

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

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.  

1446  On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies  

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 28.  

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