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  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  On this day in history death of thomas Betterton, English actor  

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on April - 28.  

1726  On April - 28 death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)  

1741  On this day in history death of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)  

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

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1770  On this day in history 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  On April - 28 death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)  

1799  Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1804  On April - 28 hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

1813  On this day in history death of mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)  

1816  Death of Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862) on April - 28.  

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

1843  On this day in history 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  Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1873  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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 April - 28 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  On this day in history death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)  

1933  Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1935  Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 on April - 28.  

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

1944  On this day in history 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  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  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral was born on April - 28.  

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

1686  On this day in history birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

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

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

1750  On April - 28 birth of paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer