Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1498  Death of Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician on April - 28.   

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  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  Death of Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668) on this day in history.   

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

1770  On April - 28 marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60   

1772  On April - 28 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)   

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

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  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  On April - 28 ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79   

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 this day in history.   

1873  On April - 28 a Manzoni, writer, dies at 88   

1881  Robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies on April - 28.   

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

1896  On this day in history heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies   

1905  On this day in history 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  On this day in history robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31   

1935  Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

1936  Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies on this day in history.   

1944  Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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  Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598) was born on this day in history.   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral was born on April - 28.   

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

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  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.   

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