Famous Deaths Happened In April - 08
Saturday, 28 February 2026
0217 Caracalla: [marcus antoniius], roman emperor (198-217), murdered at 29 

0956 Gilbert of chalon: Duke of burgundy 

1143 John ii comnenus: Emperor of byzantium (1118-43), 

1364 Jan ii: The good, king of france (1350-64), 

1461 Georg purbach: German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423) 

1492 Lorenzo i de' medici"il magnifico": Ruler of florence (1469-92), 

1498 Charles viii: King of france (1483-98), beheaded at 27 

1537 Willem aerts: Flemish architect, 

1586 Martin chemnitz: Lutheran reformer and theologian (b. 1522) 

1587 John foxe: English writer (b. 1516) 

1629 Willem teellinck: Dutch theologist/vicar, 

1697 Niels juel: Danish admiral (b. 1629) 

1704 Hiob ludolf: German orientalist (b. 1624) 

1725 John wise: English clergyman (b. 1652) 

1735 Francis ii rákóczi: Leader of the hungarian uprising against the habsburg (b. march 27, 1676) 

1736 Pedro vaz rego: Composer, 

1759 Francois de la croix: Composer, 

1778 Pieter teyler van der hulst: Dutch founder (teyler museum), 

1794 Marie-jean-antoine-nicholas-caritat: Mathematician 

1844 Ignaz franz von mosel: Composer, 

1848 Domenico gaetano maria donizetti: Italian composer, 

1851 John parry: Composer, 

1853 Jan w pieneman: Historical painter (battle at waterloo), 

1857 Mangal pandey: Indian soldier (b. 1827) 

1858 Anton diabelli: Austrian composer/publisher, 

1861 Elisha g otis: Us elevator builder (otis), 

1863 Joseph netherclift: Composer, 

1865 John park: Composer, 

1870 Charles-auguste de beriot: Belgian violinist/composer, 

1871 Charles-louis hanssens: Composer, 

1889 Henry jupp: Cricketer (scored 63 on test debut for engl in 1877), 

1890 Junius morgan: Philanthropist, 

1894 Bankim c chattopadhyaya: Writer (mrinalini, anandamath), 

1897 George garrett: Composer, 

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