Famous Deaths In December - 28
Wednesday, 08 February 2023
0300 On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
1367 On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)
1446 On this day in history clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies
1503 On December - 28 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 this day in history.
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.
1671 On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)
1673 On December - 28 joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77
1694 On this day in history mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7]
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 Death of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656) on this day in history.
1715 Death of William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649) on this day in history.
1734 Death of Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64
1793 On December - 28 louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75
1795 Death of Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747) on this day in history.
1830 Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
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 Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1870 Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1891 On December - 28 alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47
1897 Death of Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833) on December - 28.
1900 On this day in history death of alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer (b. 1846)
1903 On this day in history george [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46
1915 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 on December - 28.
1916 On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81
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