Famous Deaths In December - 28
Monday, 25 January 2021
0300 Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on this day in history.
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 December - 28.
1542 Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.
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 On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 on December - 28.
1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7] on December - 28.
1703 On December - 28 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 December - 28.
1734 Death of Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671) on December - 28.
1772 Ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82 on this day in history.
1775 On December - 28 peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61
1779 Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64 on December - 28.
1793 Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 on December - 28.
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 this day in history thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies
1860 On December - 28 cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57
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 Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on December - 28.
1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on December - 28.
1891 On this day in history alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47
1897 On this day in history death of rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833)
1900 On this day in history death of alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer (b. 1846)
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 On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
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