Famous Deaths In December - 28

0300  Death of Theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria on December - 28.   

1367  Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on December - 28.   

1446  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on December - 28.   

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  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 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  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  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 December - 28.   

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

1772  On this day in history ernst J earl van/of Biron, Russian duke of Courland, dies at 82   

1775  Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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  On December - 28 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 this day in history.   

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

1862  On this day in history joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28 alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47   

1897  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

1903  George [Robert] Gissing, English novelist, dies at 46 on December - 28.   

1915  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

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