Famous Deaths Happened In April - 28
Wednesday, 10 December 2025
1089 Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on this day in history. 

1109 Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies on this day in history. 

1192 On April - 28 death of conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) 

1498 Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician on this day in history. 

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

1710 Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on this day in history. 

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 April - 28. 

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

1770 On this day in history marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60 

1772 Death of Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) on this day in history. 

1781 Death of Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) on April - 28. 

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

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

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

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

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 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 On April - 28 heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies 

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

1925 Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies on this day in history. 

1926 Death of Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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