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

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)   

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 this day in history.   

1708  Death of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656) on this day in history.   

1715  On December - 28 death of william Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)   

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 December - 28.   

1775  Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61 on December - 28.   

1779  On December - 28 gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64   

1793  Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 on this day in history.   

1795  Death of Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747) on December - 28.   

1830  Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83 on December - 28.   

1859  Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies on this day in history.   

1860  On this day in history cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57   

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

1870  On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72   

1872  On this day in history 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  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1897  Death of Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833) on December - 28.   

1900  Death of Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto, Portuguese explorer (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 28 george [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46   

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

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on December - 28.   

1522  On December - 28 birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  On this day in history birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

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

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

1655  On this day in history 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.