Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  On this day in history dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies  

1109  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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 April - 28.  

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

1781  On April - 28 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  On April - 28 hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

1813  Death of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745) on April - 28.  

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

1841  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on this day in history.  

1843  On April - 28 william Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies  

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  Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on April - 28.  

1873  On April - 28 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  On April - 28 carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67  

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

1905  On April - 28 death of fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)  

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

1926  On April - 28 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 this day in history.  

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  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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

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