Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on this day in history.  

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

1192  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on April - 28.  

1498  Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician on April - 28.  

1533  Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) on April - 28.  

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

1716  On April - 28 death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)  

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 this day in history.  

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 April - 28.  

1772  Death of Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) on April - 28.  

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

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

1804  On this day in history hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

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

1843  William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies on April - 28.  

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

1858  Death of Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801) on this day in history.  

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

1887  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on April - 28.  

1896  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on April - 28.  

1905  On this day in history death of fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)  

1925  On April - 28 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  Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 on April - 28.  

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 April - 28 death of frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)  

1945  On this day in history 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  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  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on April - 28.  

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

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

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

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