Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on April - 28.  

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

1192  On April - 28 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 April - 28 death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)  

1710  On April - 28 death of thomas Betterton, English actor  

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

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

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

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

1804  Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

1816  Death of Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862) on this day in history.  

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

1843  On this day in history william Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies  

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

1858  On April - 28 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  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1881  On April - 28 robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies  

1887  On April - 28 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  Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies on April - 28.  

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

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1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)  

1545  On April - 28 birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)  

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

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.  

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

1715  On this day in history birth of franz Sparry, composer  

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

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