Famous Deaths Happened In April - 28
Saturday, 27 December 2025
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 April - 28. 

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

1498 Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician on this day in history. 

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

1710 Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on April - 28. 

1716 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) 

1770 On this day in history 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 this day in history francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 

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

1813 Death of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745) on April - 28. 

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 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 this day in history. 

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

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 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 Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies on April - 28. 

1926 On April - 28 death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) 

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

1935 On this day in history alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 

1936 Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies on April - 28. 

1944 Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on April - 28. 

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

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