Famous Deaths Happened In April - 28

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  Death of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I), King of Jerusalem (b. mid 1140s) on this day in history.   

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

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  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

1726  Death of Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653) on April - 28.   

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  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)   

1781  On April - 28 death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)   

1799  Francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1804  On this day in history hans Gram, composer, dies at 49   

1813  On April - 28 death of mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)   

1816  Death of Johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1925  Louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies on April - 28.   

1926  On this day in history death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)   

1933  On April - 28 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  Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on April - 28.   

1945  On April - 28 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 April - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1630  On April - 28 birth of charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687)   

1686  On April - 28 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 this day in history.   

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