Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  On April - 28 dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies  

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

1192  On this day in history death of conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)  

1498  On April - 28 death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician  

1533  On this day in history death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)  

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

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on this day in history.  

1726  On April - 28 death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)  

1741  Death of Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668) on April - 28.  

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

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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 this day in history.  

1781  Death of Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

1799  On this day in history francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62  

1804  Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 on April - 28.  

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  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on April - 28.  

1843  On April - 28 william Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies  

1853  On April - 28 ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79  

1858  On this day in history death of johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)  

1865  On April - 28 death of samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)  

1873  On April - 28 a Manzoni, writer, dies at 88  

1881  On April - 28 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  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on April - 28.  

1905  Death of Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

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

1926  On this day in history death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)  

1933  On April - 28 robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31  

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  On this day in history death of frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)  

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

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1442  On April - 28 birth of edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)  

1545  On this day in history birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)  

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral  

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on April - 28.  

1686  On this day in history birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

1715  Franz Sparry, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.  

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on this day in history.