Famous Deaths In April - 28

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

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

1192  On April - 28 death of conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s)  

1498  On this day in history 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 April - 28.  

1716  On this day in history death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1772  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)  

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

1799  On April - 28 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 this day in history death of johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)  

1841  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

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

1853  Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on April - 28.  

1881  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31  

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

1936  On this day in history foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies  

1944  On April - 28 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  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 April - 28.  

1592  On April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral  

1630  On April - 28 birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)  

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

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer  

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on this day in history.  

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