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Who died on December 28
101 figures who shaped history died on December 28.
- 101deaths
- 40events
Best known
Best known
Robert II of Dreux
French count
Hugh Aycelin
French Cardinal
Ashikaga Yoshiakira
Military ruler of Japan from 1358 to 1367
Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina
Basilissa
Antipope Clement VIII
Antipope at Avignon from 1423 to 1429
Piero the Unfortunate
Lord of Florence from 1492 to 1494
Robert II of Dreux — French count, who died on December 28 1218.
Hugh Aycelin — French Cardinal, who died on December 28 1297.
Ashikaga Yoshiakira — Military ruler of Japan from 1358 to 1367, who died on December 28 1367.
Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina — Basilissa, who died on December 28 1394.
Antipope Clement VIII — Antipope at Avignon from 1423 to 1429, who died on December 28 1446.
Piero the Unfortunate — Lord of Florence from 1492 to 1494, who died on December 28 1503.
All entries
- 925WWang ZongbiShu general (died 925)
- 1326DDavid II Strathbogie, Earl of AthollScottish Earl
- 1491
Bertoldo di GiovanniItalian Renaissance sculptor - 1538
Andrea GrittiDoge of Venice from 1523 to 1538 - 1547
Konrad PeutingerGerman humanist - 1558
Hermann FinckGerman composer - 1622
Francis de SalesBishop of Geneva and Catholic saint - 1663
Francesco Maria GrimaldiItalian priest and mathematician - 1671
Johann Friedrich GronoviusGerman classical scholar, librarian and critic - 1694
Mary IIQueen of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1689 to 1694 - 1706
Pierre BayleFrench philosopher and writer - 1708
Joseph Pitton de TournefortFrench botanist - 1715
William CarstaresScottish religious minister - 1734
Rob Roy MacGregorScottish Jacobite and outlaw - 1736
Antonio CaldaraItalian composer (c.1670–1736) - 1785PPeter Ernst WildeBaltic German physician and Estophile
- 1795
Eugenio EspejoSpanish physician - 1859
Thomas Babington MacaulayBritish historian and politician - 1872
James Van Ness7th mayor of San Francisco, from 1855 to 1856 - 1890
Dennis Miller BunkerAmerican painter
- 1897
William CorbyAmerican Catholic priest and army chaplain - 1900
Alexandre de Serpa PintoPortuguese explorer and soldier - 1907
Louise GranbergSwedish playwright, translator and theatre director - 1913
Ahmet MithatOttoman journalist and author - 1916
Eduard StraussAustrian composer - 1917
Alfred Edwin McKayCanadian flying ace - 1918
Olavo BilacBrazilian Parnassian poet, journalist and translator - 1919
Johannes RydbergSwedish physicist - 1924
Léon BakstRussian painter
- 1932
Jack BlackhamAustralian cricketer - 1935
Clarence DayAmerican writer - 1937
Maurice RavelFrench composer - 1938
Florence LawrenceCanadian-American actress - 1942
Alfred FlatowGerman gymnast - 1943
Steve Evans (baseball)American baseball player - 1945
Theodore DreiserAmerican novelist and journalist - 1946
Elie NadelmanAmerican sculptor - 1947
Victor Emmanuel IIIKing of Italy from 1900 to 1946 - 1949
Jack LovelockNew Zealand athlete - 1959
Ante PavelićDictator of the Independent State of Croatia from 1941 to 1945 - 1960
Philippe PannetonCanadian physician, academic, diplomat and writer - 1963
Paul HindemithGerman composer - 1967
Katharine McCormickAmerican suffragist and philanthropist - 1968
David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of AirlieScottish peer, soldier and courtier - 1971
Max SteinerAustrian-born American composer - 1976
Katharine ByronAmerican politician - 1981
Allan DwanAmerican film director & screenwriter - 1983
Dennis WilsonAmerican musician - 1984
Sam PeckinpahAmerican filmmaker
- 1984MMary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of AlvechurchBritish politician and educator
- 1984
Peter KihssAmerican journalist - 1986
John D. MacDonaldAmerican writer - 1986JJan NieuwenhuysDutch painter
- 1989
Hermann OberthAustro-Hungarian German physicist and rocketry pioneer - 1990WWarren SkaarenAmerican screenwriter
- 1992
Sal MaglieAmerican baseball player - 1993
William L. ShirerAmerican journalist, war correspondent, and author - 1994JJean-Louis LévesqueCanadian entrepreneur, thoroughbred racehorse owner and philanthropist
- 1999
Clayton MooreAmerican actor
- 2001
Samuel GoldblithAmerican food scientist - 2001WWilliam X. KienzleAmerican novelist
- 2003
Benjamin Thurman HackerUnited States Navy admiral - 2004
Jerry OrbachAmerican actor and singer
- 2004
Susan SontagAmerican writer, critic and public intellectual - 2006JJamal Karimi-RadIranian politician
- 2008
Irene LieblichPolish-American painter - 2009
The RevAmerican musician - 2010
Billy TaylorAmerican jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster, and educator - 2010
Terry Peder RasmussenAmerican serial killer - 2012
Nicholas AmbraseysGreek seismologist - 2012MMark CrispinFather of Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)
- 2012
Václav DrobnýCzech footballer - 2012
Frankie WalshWaterford hurler - 2013
Halton ArpAmerican astronomer - 2013
Esther BorjaCuban operatic soprano - 2013
Andrew Jacobs Jr.American politician - 2013AAlfred Marshall (businessman)American businessman
- 2013
Joseph RuskinAmerican actor - 2013IIlya TsymbalarUkrainian-Russian footballer
- 2014
Leelah AlcornAmerican transgender girl - 2014
Vahan HovhannisyanArmenian politician - 2014
Frankie Randall (singer)American singer, pianist
- 2015
John Bradbury (drummer)Musical artist - 2015
Eloy InosNorthern Marianas politician - 2015
LemmyEnglish rock musician - 2016
Debbie ReynoldsAmerican actress and singer - 2016
Jean-Christophe VictorFrench political scientist - 2017
Rose MarieAmerican actress, singer, and comedian
- 2021
Igor and Grichka BogdanoffFrench physicists, authors and TV presenters - 2021
John MaddenAmerican football coach and announcer - 2021
Harry ReidAmerican politician - 2022
Philomena FranzGerman Romani author - 2023
VijayakanthIndian actor and politician - 2024
Charles DolanAmerican billionaire businessman - 2025
Brigitte BardotFrench actress and activist
Frequently asked questions
Who died on December 28?
101 people with a Wikipedia article died on December 28, including Robert II of Dreux, Hugh Aycelin, Ashikaga Yoshiakira. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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40 documented historical events happened on December 28, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Alaric II (depicted) succeeded his father Euric as King of the Visigoths. On the same day, in another year: An earthquake destroyed the city of Dvin, Armenia, resulting in about 30,000 casualties. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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