Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28

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  On December - 28 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 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 December - 28 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.   

1673  On this day in history joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77   

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 this day in history death of joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)   

1715  Death of William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649) on this day in history.   

1734  On December - 28 death of robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)   

1772  On December - 28 ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82   

1775  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1795  On this day in history death of eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747)   

1830  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1859  Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies on December - 28.   

1860  Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1862  Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 on December - 28.   

1870  On December - 28 alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1872  Death of James Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808) on this day in history.   

1878  Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1884  On December - 28 gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

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  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  On this day in history gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78   

1916  Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on this day in history.   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  Margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583) was born on December - 28.   

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

1631  Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1665  On this day in history birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)