Historical Events In December - 28

1821  On December - 28 naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna   

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

1823  On December - 28 thomas Alexander Scott, Asst Secy War (Union), died in 1881   

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  On December - 28 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed   

1828  On this day in history karl L Kahlbaum, German psychiatrist (katatonie)   

1830  On December - 28 adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer, dies at 83   

1832  On December - 28 john Calhoun becomes first VP to resign (differences with President Jackson)   

1832  John Calhoun becomes 1st VP to resign (differences with Pres Jackson) on December - 28.   

1833  On December - 28 charles Miller Shelley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1907   

1835  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1837  On this day in history benjamin Johnson Lang, composer   

1842  On this day in history calixa Lavallee, composer   

1845  Homer Newton Bartlett, composer on December - 28.   

1846  On December - 28 iowa becomes 29th state   

1849  M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect on December - 28.   

1849  On December - 28 herbert von Bismarck, German politician/son of Otto of Bismarck   

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

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

1856  The birth of Woodrow Wilson, Former (28th) US President on December - 28.   

1856  On December - 28 [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson, Staunton Va, (28 pres-D-1912-21, Nobel 1919)   

1859  William Coldwell and William Buckingham publish first issue of The Nor'Wester at Fort Garry on this day in history.   

1859  On December - 28 gerard Brucken Fock, composer   

1859  Thomas Babington Macaulay, English essayist/historian, dies on December - 28.   

1860  Alexander von Fielitz, composer on December - 28.   

1860  Cornelius Broere, Dutch RC clergyman/poet, dies at 57 on December - 28.   

1862  On this day in history joaquim Casimiro Junior, composer, dies at 54   

1864  Battle of Egypt Station, MS on this day in history.   

1865  On December - 28 félix E Vallotton, Switz/French painter/writer (Chaste Suzanna)   

1867  On December - 28 united States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.   

1868  On this day in history marie van Regteren Altena, Dutch painter (Amsterdam's Joffers)   

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1164  On this day in history birth of emperor Rokujō of Japan (d. 1176)   

1484  Joachim Vadianus, [von Watt], Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1631  On this day in history birth of ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist   

1635  On this day in history birth of princess Elizabeth of England (d. 1650)   

1655  On this day in history birth of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)   

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

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  Clemens VIII, [Aegyd Munoz], Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies on this day in history.   

1503  On this day in history death of piero di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1471)   

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

1622  Francois de Sales, French bishop of Geneva/writer/saint, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history death of francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)   

1671  Death of Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (b. 1611) on December - 28.