Famous Deaths Happened In April - 28

1089  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 April - 28.   

1533  Death of Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461) on this day in history.   

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

1716  Death of Louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673) on this day in history.   

1726  On this day in history death of thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)   

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 this day in history.   

1772  Death of Johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737) on April - 28.   

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

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 this day in history death of mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)   

1816  On this day in history death of johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)   

1841  On April - 28 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  Death of Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801) on this day in history.   

1865  Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on April - 28.   

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

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 April - 28.   

1896  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on April - 28.   

1905  On April - 28 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 April - 28.   

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

1945  Death of Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot 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 April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral   

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on April - 28.   

1686  Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) was born on this day in history.   

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

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on April - 28.   

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