Famous Deaths In April - 28

1089  Dirk de Grote, bishop of Verdun/Basel/archbishop of Trier, dies on April - 28.   

1109  On this day in history 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  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 April - 28.   

1726  On this day in history 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 April - 28.   

1765  Death of Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician (b. 1834) on this day in history.   

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

1772  On April - 28 death of johann Friedrich Struensee, physician of Christian VII of Denmark (b. 1737)   

1781  Death of Cornelius Harnett, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1723) on this day in history.   

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

1804  Hans Gram, composer, dies at 49 on April - 28.   

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

1816  On April - 28 death of johann Heinrich Abicht, German philosopher (b. 1862)   

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 April - 28.   

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 this day in history.   

1887  Carl Ferdinand Pohl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1896  Heinrich von Treitschke, German historian, dies on this day in history.   

1905  On April - 28 death of fitzhugh Lee, American Confederate general (b. 1835)   

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

1926  On April - 28 death of zip the Pinhead, American freak show performer (b. 1857)   

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

1935  On April - 28 alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Scotish composer, dies at 87   

1936  On April - 28 foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies   

1944  Death of Frank Knox, U.S. Vice-Presidential candidate (b. 1874) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1545  Yi Sun-sin, Korean admiral (d. 1598) was born on April - 28.   

1592  George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham/English admiral was born on this day in history.   

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  On April - 28 birth of franz Sparry, composer   

1748  On this day in history birth of lorenz Justinian Ott, composer   

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