Historical Events In April - 28

1788  On April - 28 maryland becomes 7th state to ratify constitution   

1789  Mutiny on HMS Bounty on April - 28.   

1789  On this day in history mutiny on the Bounty   

1789  Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty & Capt William Bligh on April - 28.   

1795  On this day in history charles Sturt, England, explorer (Australia)   

1796  Cease fire of Cherasco on this day in history.   

1799  On April - 28 francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62   

1804  31 English ship sail Suriname river demand transition colony on April - 28.   

1804  Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1809  Conradus Leemans, Dutch archaeologist on April - 28.   

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

1812  On April - 28 daniel Henry Rucker, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1910   

1815  On April - 28 andrew Jackson Smith, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897   

1818  Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes & Lake Champlain on this day in history.   

1825  On this day in history james Winning McMillan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

1826  Alexander Stadtfeld, composer on this day in history.   

1829  On April - 28 dutch parliament accepts new press laws   

1838  Tobias M Carel Asser, Holland, advocate of world law (Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

1842  Louis PMFG of Orleans, earl of Brazil (1870-89) on this day in history.   

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

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

1847  On April - 28 george B Vashon becomes 1st black to enter NY State Bar   

1848  Free last slaves in French colonies on this day in history.   

1848  Ludvig Schytte, composer on April - 28.   

1853  Ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1855  First veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston on April - 28.   

1855  On this day in history 1st veterinary college in US incorporated in Boston   

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

1865  On April - 28 giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," premieres in Paris   

1870  On this day in history hermann Suter, composer   

1873  Harold Bauer, English/US pianist (Beethoven-Association) on April - 28.   

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

1874  Karl Kraus, writer on this day in history.   

1876  On this day in history frank Cavanagh, one of football's coaching greats   

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1442  On April - 28 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  On this day in history birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral   

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

1748  Lorenz Justinian Ott, composer was born on this day in history.   

1750  Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer was born on April - 28.   

1089  On this day in history 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 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  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 April - 28 death of louis de Montfort, French catholic priest (b. 1673)   

1726  Death of Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653) on this day in history.