Historical Events In April - 28

1788  Maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution on this day in history.  

1789  Mutiny on HMS Bounty on April - 28.  

1789  Mutiny on the Bounty on this day in history.  

1789  On this day in history fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt William Bligh  

1795  Charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia) on this day in history.  

1796  On April - 28 cease fire of Cherasco  

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

1804  31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony on this day in history.  

1804  On April - 28 hans Gram, composer, dies at 49  

1809  Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist on April - 28.  

1810  On April - 28 daniel Ullmann, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

1812  Daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910 on April - 28.  

1815  Andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 on April - 28.  

1818  Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain on April - 28.  

1825  On April - 28 james Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1826  On this day in history alexander Stadtfeld, composer  

1829  Dutch parliament accepts new press laws on this day in history.  

1838  On April - 28 tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)  

1842  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89) on April - 28.  

1843  On this day in history william Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies  

1846  On April - 28 johann E Backlund, Swedish astronomer (planets/asteroids)  

1847  George B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar on April - 28.  

1848  On April - 28 free last slaves in French colonies  

1848  On this day in history ludvig Schytte, composer  

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

1855  On April - 28 first veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston  

1855  On April - 28 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston  

1864  On April - 28 william F A Ellison, Irish clergyman/director (Armagh Observatory)  

1865  Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris on April - 28.  

1870  Hermann Suter, composer on April - 28.  

1873  On April - 28 harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association)  

1873  On this day in history a Manzoni, writer, dies at 88  

1874  On this day in history karl Kraus, writer  

1876  Frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats on April - 28.  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598)  

1592  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral  

1630  On this day in history birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)  

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

1715  Franz Sparry, composer was born on this day in history.  

1748  On this day in history birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer  

1750  On April - 28 birth of paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer  

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

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

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

1498  On April - 28 death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician  

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

1710  Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on April - 28.  

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)