Famous Deaths Happened In April - 28
Friday, 12 December 2025
1089 Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on this day in history. 

1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies on this day in history. 

1192 Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on April - 28. 

1498 On this day in history death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician 

1533 On April - 28 death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) 

1710 Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on this day in history. 

1716 On April - 28 death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) 

1726 Death of Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653) on April - 28. 

1741 Death of Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668) on this day in history. 

1765 Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) on this day in history. 

1770 On April - 28 marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 

1772 Death of Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) on April - 28. 

1781 Death of Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) on April - 28. 

1799 On April - 28 francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 

1804 On this day in history hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 

1813 On April - 28 death of mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745) 

1816 On April - 28 death of johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862) 

1841 On this day in history death of peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) 

1843 William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies on this day in history. 

1853 Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79 on April - 28. 

1858 Death of Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801) on April - 28. 

1865 Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on April - 28. 

1873 A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on this day in history. 

1881 On this day in history robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies 

1887 On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 

1896 On this day in history heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies 

1905 On April - 28 death of fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835) 

1925 On April - 28 louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies 

1926 Death of Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) on this day in history. 

1933 Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 on April - 28. 

1935 Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 on this day in history. 

1936 On April - 28 foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies 

1944 Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on this day in history. 

1945 Death of Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot on April - 28. 

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