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 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  On April - 28 death of thomas Betterton, English actor  

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  On April - 28 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 April - 28.  

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

1781  On this day in history death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)  

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

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

1841  On April - 28 death of peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)  

1843  William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies on this day in history.  

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

1858  On April - 28 death of johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)  

1865  Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1873  On this day in history 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  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1630  On this day in history birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)  

1686  Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) was born on April - 28.  

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

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

1750  On this day in history birth of paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer