Famous Deaths 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 April - 28.   

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 April - 28.   

1710  Death of Thomas Betterton, English actor on this day in history.   

1716  On April - 28 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  On April - 28 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)   

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

1772  On this day in history death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)   

1781  On this day in history death of cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723)   

1799  On this day in history francois Giroust, composer, dies at 62   

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

1813  Death of Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745) on April - 28.   

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

1841  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on April - 28.   

1843  William Wallace, Scottish mathematician (rights of Wallace), dies on April - 28.   

1853  On April - 28 ludwig Tieck, writer, dies at 79   

1858  Death of Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801) on April - 28.   

1865  Death of Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born British shipping magnate (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1873  A Manzoni, writer, dies at 88 on April - 28.   

1881  On this day in history robert W Ollinger, US warden/last victim of Billy the Kid, dies   

1887  On this day in history carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67   

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

1905  On this day in history death of fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)   

1925  On April - 28 louis F J Bouwmeester, actor (Shakespeare), dies   

1926  Death of Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) on April - 28.   

1933  Robin Irvine, actor (Easy Virtue), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1935  Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87 on April - 28.   

1936  On this day in history foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies   

1944  On April - 28 death of frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874)   

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

1630  Charles Cotton, English poet (d. 1687) was born on this day in history.   

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

1715  On this day in history birth of franz Sparry, composer   

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

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