This Day In European History
28th April
Events1605: The army of the late Tsar Boris Godunov defects from his son Tsar Fyodor II to a pretender known as the 'false Dmitri'. They march on Moscow.
1789: The mutiny on the Bounty sees Captain Bligh and loyal crew set adrift from HMS Bounty.
1796: Napoleon's campaign in Italy is already successful enough for Sardinia to drop its alliance with Austria.
1969: French President and General Charles de Gaulle resigns.
Births
1442: King Edward IV of England.
1630: Charles Cotton, English poet.
1889: Antonio Salazar, Portuguese Prime Minister 1932-68.
1900: Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer.
Deaths
1858: Johannes Peter Müller, German physiologist.
1945: Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, killed by partisans.
