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Dec 28 1484

Joachim Vadianus [von Watt] Swiss physicianmayor of Sankt Gallen

Dec 28 1522

Margaret of Austria regent of the Netherlands (d. 1583)

Dec 28 1631

Ludolf Backhuysen Dutch seascape paintercartoonist

Dec 28 1655

Charles Cornwallis 3rd Baron Cornwallis First Lord of the British Admiralty (d. 1698)

Dec 28 1665

George FitzRoy 1st Duke of Northumberland British general (d. 1716)

Dec 28 1694

Ceslav Vanura Czech composer born in Miletn (d. 1736)

Dec 28 1731

Christian Cannabich German composerroyal chaplain master

Dec 28 1763

John Molson founded Montreal brewery (Molsons)

Dec 28 1778

Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki Polish politician (d. 1846)

Dec 28 1787

Hermanus J Abbring Dutch writerengineer on Curacao

Dec 28 1801

James Barnes American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1869)

Dec 28 1822

William Booth Taliaferro Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) born in Gloucester County Virginia (d. 1898)

Dec 28 1823

Thomas Alexander Scott American businessman and Assistant Secretary of War (Civil War) born in Peters Township Pennsylvania (d. 1881)

Dec 28 1826

Conrad Busken Huet Dutch vicarliterary (Country of Rubens)

Dec 28 1827

Robert Latimer McCook volunteers Brigadier General (Union) (d. 1862)

Dec 28 1828

Karl L Kahlbaum German psychiatrist (katatonie)

Dec 28 1833

Charles Miller Shelley Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1907)

Dec 28 1837

Benjamin Johnson Lang American conductor and composer born in Salem Massachusetts (d. 1909)

Dec 28 1842

Calixa Lavallee Canadian composer (O Canada) born in Verchres (d. 1891)

Dec 28 1849

Herbert von Bismarck German politicianson of Otto of Bismarck

Dec 28 1859

Gerard Brucken Fock Dutch composer and painter born in Koudekerke Netherlands (d. 1935)

Dec 28 1865

Flix Vallotton Swiss-French painter and writer (Chaste Suzanna) born in Lausanne Switzerland (d. 1925)

Dec 28 1866

Szymon Askenazy Polish historian and diplomat (d. 1935)

Dec 28 1868

Marie van Regteren Altena Dutch painter (Amsterdams Joffers)

Dec 28 1880

Christian DFL Leipoldt South african physicianwriterpoet

Dec 28 1882

Arthur Eddington English astrophysicist cosmologist and mathematician (stars) born in Kendal Westmorland England (d. 1944)

Dec 28 1884

Joseph Pholien Belgian premier (1950-52)communist hunter

Dec 28 1887

Charles Dingle American actor (The Little Foxes) born in Wabash Indiana (d. 1956)

Dec 28 1890

Frank Butler actorsreenwriter (Road to Bali China) born in Oxford England

Dec 28 1894

Andre de Meulemeester Belgian WW I pilot (Eagle of Flanders)

Dec 28 1894

Ed Healey NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents Chicago Bears)

Dec 28 1896

Roger Huntington Sessions composer (Black Masks) born in Brooklyn New York

Dec 28 1898

Carl-Gustaf Rossby Swedish meteorologist (d. 1957)

Dec 28 1308 The reign of Emperor Hanazono Emperor of Japan begins

Dec 28 1732 1st known ad for Poor Richards Almanack (Pennsylvania Gazette)

Dec 28 1767 King Taksin crowned King of Thailand and establishes Thonburi as his capital

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