Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28

0300  On December - 28 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  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  Pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59 on December - 28.   

1708  On December - 28 death of joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)   

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

1734  On this day in history death of robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1793  On this day in history louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75   

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

1830  On this day in history adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83   

1859  On December - 28 thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies   

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

1862  On December - 28 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

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  On this day in history jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90   

1884  Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on December - 28.   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1897  Death of Rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833) on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

1916  On December - 28 eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

1665  George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716) was born on December - 28.