Famous Deaths Happened 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  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

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  On December - 28 death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

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

1673  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 pierre Bayle, French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at 59   

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

1715  On this day in history death of william Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)   

1734  On December - 28 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  On December - 28 peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61   

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

1793  On December - 28 louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75   

1795  Death of Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747) on this day in history.   

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  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.   

1870  Alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72 on December - 28.   

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  On this day in history gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56   

1891  Alfred Cellier, composer, dies at 47 on December - 28.   

1897  On this day in history death of rev. William Corby, American Catholic priest (b. 1833)   

1900  On December - 28 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  On this day in history gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78   

1916  Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on December - 28.   

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1164  On December - 28 birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  On December - 28 birth of joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen   

1522  On this day in history birth of margaret of Austria, regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)   

1619  Antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688) was born on December - 28.   

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  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698) was born on this day in history.   

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