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  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on April - 28.   

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

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)   

1770  Marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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 April - 28 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 this day in history.   

1816  On April - 28 death of johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)   

1841  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on April - 28.   

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

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

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

1865  On this day in history death of samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)   

1873  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on April - 28.   

1881  Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies on this day in history.   

1887  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1896  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on this day in history.   

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

1944  Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on April - 28.   

1945  Death of Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot on this day in history.   

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1442  On this day in history birth of edward IV, King of England (1461-70, 71-83)   

1545  On April - 28 birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)   

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

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 28 birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer   

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on April - 28.