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  Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) on April - 28.  

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 this day in history 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)  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  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 April - 28 heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies  

1905  Death of Fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835) on April - 28.  

1925  On this day in history louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies  

1926  On this day in history death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)  

1933  On this day in history robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1686  On April - 28 birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

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

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

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