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

1498  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician   

1533  On April - 28 death of nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)   

1710  On April - 28 death of thomas Betterton, English actor   

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  On April - 28 death of magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish General and statesman (b. 1668)   

1765  On April - 28 death of sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834)   

1770  On this day in history marie AC de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer, dies at 60   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1813  On this day in history 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  Death of Peter Chanel, French saint (b. 1803) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist (b. 1801)   

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

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

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 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  Death of Zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857) on this day in history.   

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  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  Death of Bernito Mussolini, Fascist leader (Italy), tried & shot on this day in history.   

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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 April - 28.   

1592  On April - 28 birth of george Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral   

1630  On this day in history 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 April - 28.   

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

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