Deaths on July 28

Étienne Baluze, French scholar and academic (b. 1630)

Étienne Baluze (24 November 1630 – 28 July 1718) was a French scholar and historiographer, also known as Stephanus Baluzius.

7 May

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
22 Nov

Blackbeard
Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.