Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28

0300  On this day in history death of theonas, Patriarch of Alexandria   

1367  On December - 28 death of ashikaga Yoshiakira, Japanese shogun (b. 1330)   

1446  On December - 28 clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies   

1503  On December - 28 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  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on December - 28.   

1671  On December - 28 death of johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611)   

1673  On this day in history joan Blaeu, Dutch cartographer/publisher (Atlas Major), dies at 77   

1694  Mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7] on December - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

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 December - 28 death of robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)   

1772  On December - 28 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 December - 28.   

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

1860  On December - 28 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 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  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  On December - 28 gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78   

1916  On this day in history eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81   

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1164  Emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176) was born on December - 28.   

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  On December - 28 birth of antoine Furetière, French writer (d. 1688)   

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 December - 28.   

1665  On December - 28 birth of george FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, British general (d. 1716)