Famous Deaths Happened In December - 28
Wednesday, 02 April 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 December - 28.
1503 On this day in history 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 December - 28.
1663 Death of Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618) on this day in history.
1671 On this day in history 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 On December - 28 mary II, Queen of England, dies after 5 years of rule at 32 [NS=Jan 7]
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 December - 28.
1708 Death of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656) on December - 28.
1715 Death of William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649) on this day in history.
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 On December - 28 peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of (Neth Indies), dies at 61
1779 Gennaro Manna, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1793 Louis earl of Bylandt, Dutch admiral, dies at about 75 on December - 28.
1795 Death of Eugenio Espejo, Ecuadorian scientist (b. 1747) on December - 28.
1830 On December - 28 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 December - 28.
1862 Joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.
1870 On this day in history alexey Fyodorovich L'vov, composer, dies at 72
1872 On this day in history death of james Van Ness, Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. 1808)
1878 Jose Bernardo Alcedo, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1884 Gerben Colmjon, Frisian linguist/publisher, dies at 56 on this day in history.
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 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 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer/politician, dies at 78 on December - 28.
1916 Eduard Strauss, Austrian composer (318 dances), dies at 81 on December - 28.
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