Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  On April - 28 dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies  

1109  Hugo van Cluny, 6th abbott of Cluny/saint, dies on April - 28.  

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 April - 28.  

1533  On April - 28 death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)  

1710  On this day in history death of thomas Betterton, English actor  

1716  On this day in history death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)  

1726  On April - 28 death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)  

1741  On April - 28 death of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)  

1765  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) on this day in history.  

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1770  On April - 28 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)  

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

1841  On this day in history death of peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803)  

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

1853  On this day in history ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79  

1858  On this day in history death of johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)  

1865  On April - 28 death of samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787)  

1873  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

1881  On April - 28 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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

1944  On this day in history death of frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)  

1945  On April - 28 death of bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot  

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1442  On April - 28 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  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  On April - 28 birth of michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721)  

1715  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer  

1748  On April - 28 birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer  

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