Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
0300 On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria
1367 Death of Ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330) on this day in history.
1446 Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.
1503 Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.
1542 On December - 28 albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52
1622 Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on December - 28.
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.
1671 Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.
1673 Joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77 on December - 28.
1694 Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7] on December - 28.
1703 Death of Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664) on this day in history.
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 December - 28.
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 On this day in history 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 December - 28.
1795 On December - 28 death of eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747)
1830 On this day in history adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83
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 On December - 28 joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54
1870 On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72
1872 Death of James Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808) on December - 28.
1878 Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on December - 28.
1891 On this day in history 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 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 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on December - 28.
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