Famous Deaths In April - 28

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

1109  On April - 28 hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies  

1192  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on this day in history.  

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 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 April - 28.  

1765  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) on April - 28.  

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1770  Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

1781  On April - 28 death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)  

1799  Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 on April - 28.  

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

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  On April - 28 death of peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)  

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  Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies on April - 28.  

1887  On April - 28 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

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

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  Death of Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) on April - 28.  

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

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

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  On April - 28 death of bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot  

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1442  Edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83) was born on April - 28.  

1545  Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.  

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral was born on April - 28.  

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

1686  Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.  

1715  Franz Sparry, composer was born on April - 28.  

1748  On this day in history birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer  

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on April - 28.