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Apr 28 1442

Edward IV King of England (1461-70 71-83) born in Rouen Normandy (d. 1483)

Apr 28 1545

Yi Sun-sin Korean Naval Commander born in Hanseong South Korea (d. 1598)

Apr 28 1630

Charles Cotton English poet and writer born in Alstonefield Staffordshire England (d. 1687)

Apr 28 1686

Michael Brokoff Czech sculptor born in Klterec nad Oh Czech Republic (d. 1721)

Apr 28 1715

Franz Sparry Austrian composer born in Graz (d. 1767)

Apr 28 1748

Lorenz Justinian Ott German composer born in Dietfurt Germany (d. 1805)

Apr 28 1750

Paul Ignaz Krzinger Bavarian composer born in Mergentheim Wrttemberg

Apr 28 1753

Franz K Achard German physicist and chemist born in Berlin (d. 1821)

Apr 28 1757

Claus Nielsen Schali Danish violinist and composer born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1835)

Apr 28 1765

Sylvestre Franois Lacroix French mathematician born in Paris (b. 1834)

Apr 28 1770

Nikita P Panin Russian diplomat and minister of Foreign affairs born in Kharkiv Ukraine (d. 1837)

Apr 28 1774

Francis Baily English astronomer and describer of Bailys Beads during solar eclipse born in Newbury Berkshire England (d. 1844)

Apr 28 1795

Charles Sturt English explorer (Australia) born in Bengal British India (d. 1869)

Apr 28 1810

Daniel Ullman American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Wilmington Delaware (d. 1892)

Apr 28 1812

Daniel Henry Rucker American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Belleville New Jersey (d. 1910)

Apr 28 1815

Andrew Jackson Smith American Major General (Union Army) born in Livingston County Kentucky (d. 1897)

Apr 28 1819

Ezra Abbot American Bible scholar born in Jackson Maine (d. 1884)

Apr 28 1825

James Winning McMillan American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Clark County Kentucky (d. 1903)

Apr 28 1826

Alexander Stadtfeld German composer born in Wiesbaden Darmstadt Germany (d. 1853)

Apr 28 1838

Tobias Asser Dutch advocate of world law (Nobel 1911) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1913)

Apr 28 1842

Gaston of Orleans Count of Eu born in Neuilly-sur-Seine France (d. 1922)

Apr 28 1846

Johann Oskar Backlund Swedish-Russian astronomer (planetsasteroids) born in Lnghem Sweden (d. 1916)

Apr 28 1848

Ludvig Schytte Danish composer born in Aarhus Denmark (d. 1909)

Apr 28 1864

William Frederick Archdall Ellison Irish clergyman and director (Armagh Observatory)

Apr 28 1865

Charles W. Woodworth American entomologist born in Champaign Illinois (d. 1940)

Apr 28 1868

Georgy Voronoy Russian mathematician (Voronoi diagram) born in Zhuravki Poltava Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1908)

Apr 28 1870

Hermann Suter Swiss composer born in Kaiserstuhl Aargau Switzerland (d. 1926)

Apr 28 1873

Harold Bauer English-American pianist (Beethoven-Association) born in Kingston England (d. 1951)

Apr 28 1874

Karl Kraus Austrian satirical writer born in Jin Austrian-Hungarian Empire (d. 1936)

Apr 28 1874

Sidney Toler American actor director and playwright (Madame X Meeting at Midnight) born in Warrensburg Missouri (d. 1947)

Apr 28 1876

Frank Cavanagh American football player and coach born in Worcester Massachusetts (d. 1933)

Apr 28 1879

Edgard Tytgat Flemish painter and etcher born in Brussels Belgium (d. 1954)

Apr 28 1879

Franz Arnold German writer born in Znin Prussia (d. 1960)

Apr 28 1192 Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I) King of Jerusalem in Tyre two days after his title to the throne confirmed by election. Killing carried out by Hashshashin.

Apr 28 1202 King Philip II expels King John of England (Lackland) from France

Apr 28 1253 Nichiren a Japanese Buddhist monk propounds Nam Myoho Renge Kyo for the first time and declares it to be the essence of Buddhism in effect founding Nichiren Buddhism.

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