Page 2: Historical Events In December - 28

1821  Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna on December - 28.   

1822  On December - 28 william Booth Taliaferro, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

1823  Thomas Alexander Scott, Asst Secy War (Union), died in 1881 on December - 28.   

1826  On this day in history conrad Busken Huet, Dutch vicar/literary (Country of Rubens)   

1827  On this day in history robert Latimer McCook, volunteers Brig General (Union), died in 1862   

1828  6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed on this day in history.   

1828  Karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist (katatonie) on December - 28.   

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

1832  John Calhoun becomes first VP to resign (differences with President Jackson) on December - 28.   

1832  On December - 28 john Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with Pres Jackson)   

1833  Charles Miller Shelley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907 on December - 28.   

1835  On December - 28 archibald Geikie, British geologist   

1836  On December - 28 spain recognizes independence of Mexico   

1837  Upper Canada Governor Francis Bond Head 1793-1875 approves raising of six regiments of incorporated militia to head off potential rebellion on December - 28.   

1837  On December - 28 benjamin Johnson Lang, composer   

1842  Calixa Lavallee, composer on December - 28.   

1845  Homer Newton Bartlett, composer on December - 28.   

1846  On December - 28 iowa becomes 29th state   

1849  On this day in history m Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect   

1849  Herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck on December - 28.   

1850  On this day in history rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire   

1850  Rangoon Burma, destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

1856  On this day in history the birth of Woodrow Wilson, Former (28th) US President   

1856  [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, Staunton Va, (28 pres-D-1912-21, Nobel 1919) on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 28 william Coldwell and William Buckingham publish first issue of The Nor'Wester at Fort Garry   

1859  Gerard Brucken Fock, composer on December - 28.   

1859  On this day in history thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies   

1860  On December - 28 alexander von Fielitz, composer   

1860  On December - 28 cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57   

1862  Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1864  Battle of Egypt Station, MS on December - 28.   

1865  On this day in history félix E Vallotton, Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)   

1867  On this day in history united States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.   

1868  On December - 28 marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)   

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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 this day in history.   

1631  On December - 28 birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  Princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650) was born on December - 28.   

1655  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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 December - 28.   

1503  Death of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471) on December - 28.   

1542  Albert Pigge, [Pighius], Dutch theologist/astronomer, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

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 December - 28.   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on this day in history.