Famous Birthdays In December - 28

1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)  

1484  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)  

1655  On December - 28 birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)  

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history birth of ceslav Vanura, composer  

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

1738  Thaddaus Ferdinand Lipowsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1753  On this day in history birth of johan Wikmanson, composer  

1763  John Molson, founded Montreal brewery (Molsons) was born on December - 28.  

1778  On December - 28 birth of franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Polish politician (d. 1846)  

1783  Robert Gallenberg, composer was born on December - 28.  

1787  On this day in history birth of hermanus J Abbring, Dutch writer/engineer on Curacao  

1801  James Barnes, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 was born on this day in history.  

1805  Tomas Genoves y Lapetra, composer was born on December - 28.  

1812  Julius Reitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1823  Thomas Alexander Scott, Asst Secy War (Union), died in 1881 was born on this day in history.  

1826  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 birth of karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist (katatonie)  

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 this day in history.  

1837  On December - 28 birth of benjamin Johnson Lang, composer  

1842  On December - 28 birth of calixa Lavallee, composer  

1845  On this day in history 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 December - 28.  

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

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

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0300  On December - 28 death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria  

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

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

1503  On December - 28 death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)  

1542  On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52  

1622  On December - 28 francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55  

1663  On this day in history 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.